Has your gyno ever told you that you have...?!
Question:
Has your gyno ever told you that you have...?
Dense breasts? If so, what does that mean exactly?
Thanks in advance!
Answers:
Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a risk factor rarely discussed with patients.
On mammograms, fat looks dark, but dense tissue is light, like tumors, so it can hide the cancers. But this study confirms that cancers are also more frequent — not just hidden — in women with dense breasts.
Just make sure you get regular breast exams and monitor your breast for any changes.
If your doctor didn't order any tests for you then I wouldn't worry about it too much...he just wanted to inform you on your situation.
Take it easy!!! :)