Breast density linked to increased risk of subsequent breast cancer

Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 11:31 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have found that patients with a very early form of breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS) who have higher mammographic density may be at increased risk for subsequent breast cancer, especially in the breast opposite to the one with the initial cancer.

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