Wednesday 4 March 2015

Women's Awareness of Breast Density Varies by Race, Ethnicity, Education and Income

Disparities in the level of awareness and knowledge of breast density exist among U.S. women, suggest results of a Mayo Clinic study published in the iJournal of Clinical Oncology/i. Breast density is the term used to describe the variation in dense tissue on a mammogram image. Fatty breast tissue appears more radiologically translucent than dense (fibroglandular) breast tissue. Regions of a breast that comprise fatty tissue will appear darker on a mammogram, ...

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