Sentences with phrase «percent breast density»

In both groups, those who had more than three sugary beverages per week had a mean of 29.6 percent breast density while those who abstained from the beverages had a mean of 26.2 percent breast density.

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«Blood test can effectively rule out breast cancer, regardless of breast density: With over a 99 percent negative predictive value, a liquid biopsy test can help clinicians manage difficult - to - diagnose dense breast patients.»

Overall, more than half of women who responded (58 percent) had heard of breast density, 49 percent were aware that breast density affects breast cancer detection and 53 percent knew that breast density is associated with cancer risk.

Of the 230 detected breast cancers, almost half were from the group with the lowest ranked breast density, while slightly less than 3 percent came from women in the highest breast density category.

Research shows healthy women at high risk of breast cancer who took the medication for four - and - a-half years lowered their breast density by 6.4 percent, Diorio relates.

«An increase of about three percent in breast density is not negligible in terms of breast cancer risk,» Diorio notes.

Relationships between circulating hormone levels, mammographic percent density and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women