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Dense breasts can make it harder to spot cancer on a mammogram

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75% Informative

A new U.S. rule requires mammography centers to inform women about their breast density.

About 40% of women ages 40 and older have dense breasts.

The most dense category means the breasts are mostly glandular and fibrous tissue.

Women with dense breasts are no more likely to die from breast cancer compared to other women.

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informal

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English

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38

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