For millions of women, the words “you have dense breasts” can feel both vague and unsettling—especially when it comes after a routine mammogram. Breast density isn’t just a technical term buried in a ...

Cancer screening poses a quandary for women with dense breast tissue. They’re at elevated risk for breast cancer, but mammograms often miss tumors buried in dense breasts — and insurers often resist ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and an annual reminder that getting a regular mammogram is currently the most effective tool available for detecting breast cancer early. Cancer treatment is ...

Here’s how good the tests are at detecting cancer and preventing false positive results. By Nina Agrawal Women going in for routine mammograms are increasingly being screened with a new type of ...

EPHRATA, Pa. — Breast cancer remains one of the leading health concerns for women worldwide. However, a new imaging technique called contrast-enhanced mammography is offering a more accurate and ...

Up until about two decades ago, all mammograms were done using an X-ray machine, which generated two-dimensional (2D) images of breast tissue. In 2011, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

An ongoing study spotlights the link between calcium deposits in the breast arteries and life-threatening heart risks.

Cancer screening poses a quandary for women with dense breast tissue. They’re at elevated risk for breast cancer, but mammograms often miss tumors buried in dense breasts — and insurers often resist ...