Yes. Women with dense breasts are about twice as likely to be called back for additional testing as are women with non-dense breasts, and the vast majority (about 95%) of callbacks will not show cancer [1, 2]. Thus, the denser the breast, the more likely a false positive (additional testing when no cancer is present) is to occur. Women with extremely dense breasts are about twice as likely to experience a false positive as are women with fatty breasts.
References Cited
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2. Lehman CD, White E, Peacock S, Drucker MJ, Urban N. Effect of age and breast density on screening mammograms with false-positive findings. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1999; 173:1651-1655