How a cancer would show in breast density categories on a mammogram
Breasts that are (A) fatty or (B) scattered, are “not dense” breasts. Breasts that are (C) heterogeneously dense or (D) extremely dense, are “dense” breasts.
Breast density is highest in younger women and can decrease around menopause as glandular tissue is replaced by fat, a process known as lobular involution. However, little is known about how breast
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