How do I know whether my breasts are dense?

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GraceUnderPresure · 22/05/2025 11:00

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0gg7p015jo

I mean, mine aren't particularly intelligent as far as I'm aware but AIBU to think this is a scare headline as unless I'm missing something we have no way to know whether this applies to us?

A woman goes for a mammogram. She is pictured alongside a female medical professional.

Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans

Additional scans better tailored to spotting cancer in dense breasts could treble detection rates.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0gg7p015jo

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ppaaWWss · 22/05/2025 11:44

Yep, at my first mammogram (overseas, not NHS) they did the mammogram first, checked to see how dense they are, then sent me to another room for an ultrasound. The technician can tell straight away from looking at the images.

TheBossOfMe · 22/05/2025 11:24

They tell you at your first mammogram. Mine are dense but otherwise unremarkable apparently. How rude!

Bigtom · 22/05/2025 11:22

I was told at my first scan that my breasts are too dense for it to be useful.

CatOnAHotRadiator · 22/05/2025 11:03

I had my first mammogram after finding a lump and they informed me they were made of dense tissue. I assume you’d go for your first scan and if you were identified as being in the category be put on a more regular scan programme.

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