Sentences with phrase «in women with dense breast»

Tumors and dense breast tissue can both appear white on a mammogram, making tumors indistinguishable from background tissue in women with dense breasts.

«While we endorse annual mammography for all women age 40 and over, and the addition of annual MRI for women at high risk, MBI fills an important gap for supplemental screening in women with dense breasts who are not otherwise at high risk.»

The challenges of diagnosing breast cancer in women with dense breasts has drawn national attention in recent years.

said Judith K. Wolf, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Provista Diagnostics, Inc. «This study shows that, with an over 99 percent negative predictive value (NPV), clinicians can confidently use Videssa Breast to detect cancer in women with dense breasts and better determine when biopsy is truly warranted to assess suspicious findings.»

Used in conjunction with mammography, imaging based on nuclear medicine is currently being used as a successful secondary screening alongside mammography to reduce the number of false positive results in women with dense breasts and at higher risk for developing breast cancer.

Studies show that an ultrasound examination, in conjunction with a mammogram, can find more cancers in women with dense breasts than by mammography alone.

So, mammograms can be less accurate in women with dense breasts.

Cancers may be harder to find on mammograms in women with dense breasts.

Because fibroglandular tissue and tumors have similar density, tumors can be harder to detect in women with denser breasts.

Not exact matches

«Our findings highlight the potential value for a randomized controlled trial of aspirin as an agent in early detection of breast cancer, particularly for women with naturally dense tissues who may be at an increased risk for certain cancers,» said Despina Kontos, PhD, assistant professor of Radiology, and co-author on the study.

The NPV was 99.1 percent in women who had dense breasts and 99.3 in women with non-dense tissue, providing confirmation that when a woman receives a negative test result, she does not have breast cancer.

«It doesn't explain why women with dense breasts get cancer in the first place.

«Using biomarkers for cancer detection is an important advance in managing women with dense breasts and navigating many diagnostic challenges.

This can be especially useful for young women with dense breasts, says Janet Wolter, MD, a medical oncologist and the Brian Piccolo chair of Breast Cancer Research at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, because their home breast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to inteBreast Cancer Research at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, because their home breast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to intebreast self - exams (BSEs) are trickier to interpret.

But a study published in February estimated that performing supplemental screening ultrasound on 10,000 women with dense breasts and negative mammos would prevent only about four deaths and would require about 3,500 unneeded biopsies.

Young women with dense breasts - as measured by the percentage of water in their breast tissue - may be at greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life than women with less - dense breasts.

By Denise Mann THURSDAY, April 30, 2009 (Health.com)-- Young women with dense breasts — as measured by the percentage of water in their breast tissue — may be at greater risk of developing breast cancer later in life than women with less - dense breasts.

In addition, most women diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer have dense breast tissue, which makes cancer detection in a screening mammogram more difficulIn addition, most women diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer have dense breast tissue, which makes cancer detection in a screening mammogram more difficulin a screening mammogram more difficult.

Results: Comparing women in the extreme quartiles of adolescent fat intakes, percent dense breast volume (% DBV) was positively associated with saturated fat (mean = 16.4 % vs. 21.5 %; P trend < 0.001).