Racial Differences in Quantitative Measures of Area and Volumetric Breast Density

Conclusions: After accounting for age, BMI, and other risk factors, black women had higher breast density than white women across all quantitative measures previously associated with breast cancer risk. These results may have implications for risk assessment and screening.

Source: JNCI - April 28, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: McCarthy, A. M., Keller, B. M., Pantalone, L. M., Hsieh, M.-K., Synnestvedt, M., Conant, E. F., Armstrong, K., Kontos, D. Tags: Article Source Type: research