[最新] heterogeneously dense breast mammogram cyst vs cancer 533956
According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly 50% of all women age 40 and older have dense breasts Like Joan, many women don't know whether they have dense breasts or what that means Knowing whether you have dense breasts is important because women with dense breasts have a higher risk of developing breast cancer, and often need Complex breast cysts account for approximately 5% of breast cysts that are present on screening mammograms So, usually a complex cyst of the breast indicates close followup and sometimes a biopsy There is a very very small chance that a complex breast cyst could be associated with malignant breast cancer, so they merit a higher degree of scrutinyThe categories are, (A) almost entirely fatty, (B) scattered fibroglandular density, heterogeneously dense, and (D) extremely dense On a mammogram, fatty and connective tissue shows up as a grey color and glandular tissue shows up as white – as do cancerous tumors The higher the breast tissue density – the hard...