The Food and Drug Administration has updated its mammography regulations to require that women be notified if they have dense breast tissue, which can make imaging less precise and cancer harder to find
About half of the women over the age of 40 in the U.S. have dense breast tissue, which can make cancer scans hard to read
The Food and Drug Administration said updated mammography regulations will help provide important information that could affect patient care.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated itsto require that women be notified if they have dense breast tissue, which can make imaging less precise and cancer harder to find.
About half of women over the age of 40 in the U.S. have dense breasts, with more fibrous and glandular tissue than fatty tissue, according to the FDA. Not only can dense tissue make it harder for cancers to be detected in a mammogram, it has also “been identified as a risk factor for developing breast cancer,” the FDA said in a statement Thursday.
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