Mammographic Densities and Breast Cancer Risk

1 August 1998

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Breast Disease

Vol. 10 (3-4) , 113-126
https://doi.org/10.3233/bd-1998-103-412

Abstract

Variations between individuals in the radiographic appearance, or mammographic pattern, of the female breast arise because of differences in the relative amounts and X-ray attenuation characteristics of fat and connective and epithelial tissue. Studi

Keywords

EPITHELIAL
TISSUE
RADIOGRAPHIC
MAMMOGRAPHIC
RISK VARIATIONS
DENSITIES AND BREAST
BREAST CANCER RISK

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