I have no family history of breast cancer and had nursed my sons for 18months each, surely that would protect me for all eternity, right? Wrong!

If you have dense breasts you have a higher risk of breast cancer!

Dense breasts make it harder for radiologists to detect breast cancer when they read a mammogram. Cancers typically show up as small white spots or masses on a mammogram. Dense breast tissue also appears white on a mammogram. Small areas of cancer can hide behind the dense tissue, and it’s challenging to tell the difference between normal, healthy tissue and abnormal growths.

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