Despite research being conducted and confirmed on the significance of breast density, most women don’t know that having dense breasts increases their risk for breast cancer and reduces a mammogram’s ability to detect cancer, according to a University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine study.
A random phone survey of 1024 Virginia women ages 35 to 70 years, conducted by the UVA Center for Survey Research, found that only 1 in 8 women were aware that breast density is a risk factor for breast cancer, whereas 1 in 5 women knew that dense breasts reduced the sensitivity of mammograms to find tumors.
