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RESEARCH: Extremely Dense Tissue is one of the strongest risk factors for cancer - Dr. Cappello interviewed on WNPR

Women who have a breast density of 75 percent or higher on a mammogram have a risk of breast cancer that is four to five times greater than that of women with little or no density, making mammographic breast density one of the strongest biomarkers of breast cancer risk.

"These abstracts strengthen the observation that high breast density is associated with increased risk for breast cancer, and they strengthen the hypothesis that under some conditions, reducing breast density may be associated with reduced risk for breast cancer,” said Carol J. Fabian, M.D., professor of medicine in the division of clinical oncology and director of the Breast Cancer Prevention Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

To read the press release go to Dense Breasts a Strong Risk Factor  

To hear the short interview with Dr. Cappello go to WNPR