Potential Links Between Breast Density And Breast Cancer Risk

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 18:28 in Health & Medicine

Having dense breasts -- areas that show up dark 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 have found several potential links.

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