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A B C D
A. Breast Density: BI-RADS Type 1 Almost entirely fat. Glandular tissue is less than 25 %.
B. Breast Density: BI-RADS Type 2 Scattered fibroglandular tissues, ranging from 25 %-50 % of the breast.
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C. Breast Density: BI-RADS Type 3 May be termed‘ heterogeneously dense’, meaning the fibrous tissue is prevalent throughout the breast, but not clustered together, ranging from 51 %-75 % of the breast tissue.
D. Breast Density: BI-RADS type 4 The breast contains greater than 75 % glandular and fibrous tissue and is extremely dense.
utilization of additional screening tests expound about the‘ harms’ of false positives. There is very little outcry from these critics about the HARMS of false negatives(‘ normal’ mammogram yet invasive cancer exists) and the subsequent cost to the health-care system, and to a woman and her family as a result of an advanced cancer. National surveys conclude that women would rather have a False Positive than a Missed Positive. Let women decide whether a minimally invasive negative biopsy is a reasonable price to pay to find early invasive cancer, which carry more treatment options and better survival outcomes.
Nancy M. Cappello, Ph. D., President and Founder of Are You Dense, Inc. & Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc. Dr. Cappello has presented her story and subsequent advocacy across the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico. She is scheduled to lecture in Rome, Italy in October. Visit Are You Dense at www. areyoudense. org
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