Breast density is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and is present in about 50% of adult women. Breasts have three types of tissue: fatty tissue, glandular tissue, and fibrous tissue.

About half of women over 40 have dense breasts. The denser the breast tissue, the more difficult it is to spot cancer on a standard mammogram. Having dense breast tissue can make it harder to detect ...

Dense breasts increase the risk of breast cancer and make it harder to detect cancer on a mammogram. Though common, dense breasts can only be identified by a mammogram, not by feel or appearance. Tell ...

So dense breast is based on the mammogram images of your breast, which is basically an x-ray of your breast. On one end of the spectrum, we have patients who have predominantly fatty breasts and on ...