1. What is breast density?

2019-08-13T00:34:36+00:00

Breasts are made up of a mixture of fibroglandular tissue and fatty tissue. “Breast density” is a term used to describe the amount of fat relative to fibroglandular tissue that the radiologist sees on a mammogram. Breasts are considered to be dense if there is a greater percentage of fibroglandular tissue as compared to fatty [...]