As a new federal regulation that requires mammography centers to tell their patients how dense their breasts are takes effect, experts explain what breast density is and why it is important.
Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast, even in the early stages, sometimes opt for a double mastectomy, due to the fear that the cancer will migrate to the other breast.
published in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery -- stem from a review of data from more than 416,000 women with breast cancer who had mastectomies between 2004 and 2017.
