Detecting breast cancer early will save your life
Are You Dense? Fact #3
The addition of a single screening ultrasound to mammogram increases detection of breast cancers that are small and node-negative.

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RESEARCH - Dense Breast Tissue Seen as Risk Factor for Cancer

January 18, 2007 - Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breast tisue than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a risk factor rarely discussed with patients.  For more information about the Canadian study click here.