| Women with a family history of breast cancer are | | | | breast cancer cells in dense breast tissue. A breast |
| advised to undergo regular screening so that if they | | | | ultrasound seems to be the answer. |
| develop the disease it may be detected in the earlier | | | | Women who have menopaused or are approaching |
| stages itself and there is a good chance for complete | | | | menopause have dense breast tissue being replaced |
| cure. For those who had their blood relatives develop | | | | by fatty tissue. Mammograms can detect tumors in |
| the cancer in their thirties, the risk is especially high. If | | | | these women even before they become big enough |
| your mother, grandmother or aunts developed breast | | | | to be felt. But in younger women with denser breast |
| cancer while still in their thirties you fit the profile of | | | | tissue, ultrasound is the technology that proves highly |
| very high risk and frequent screening is advised. | | | | valuable in identifying tissue abnormalities. |
| If you are at risk for developing breast cancer, get a | | | | Research conducted on mammograms and |
| breast ultrasound done in addition to the routine | | | | ultrasounds found that in women with dense breasts, |
| mammogram. Women at high risk for developing the | | | | a mammogram detected about 48% of very small |
| dreaded disease often consider mastectomy as a | | | | tumors. But when the mammogram was combined |
| preventative option. The ultrasound method of | | | | with a breast ultrasound, almost 94% of the tumors |
| detecting breast cancer may be helpful for this group | | | | were detected. The breast ultrasound is a good tool |
| of women by providing a stronger means of | | | | to add to the arsenal of breast cancer screening |
| detection of breast cancer at the earliest stages of | | | | techniques especially for women who present a high |
| developing the disease. | | | | risk for developing the disease. |
| Mammograms are best suited to detect the cancer | | | | The medical research community is constantly |
| cells when the breast tissue is fatty. The success | | | | working on finding a cure for the dreaded disease |
| rate of cancer cell detection is as high as 98% when | | | | called cancer. The more we study about it the more |
| the breast tissue is fatty. But in women who have | | | | we understand and the more we discover methods |
| dense breast tissue, the cancer cells can hide inside | | | | of predicting cancer at the earliest stages itself. With |
| and be camouflaged by the density. The question | | | | the huge strides that are made every year, the day |
| that researchers have been trying to answer is what | | | | that we conquer the disease and attain the |
| can be done to increase the chances of detection of | | | | technology to completely cure it is not too far ahead. |