Researchers find potential links between breast density and breast cancer risk
Sunday, December 14, 2008 - 14:49
in Health & Medicine
Having dense breasts - areas that show up light on a mammogram - is strongly associated with increased breast cancer risk, but "why" remains to be answered. Now, by examining dense and non-dense tissue taken from the breasts of healthy volunteers, researchers from Mayo Clinic have found several potential links.
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