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SUBMITTER: Liao YS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7246480 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liao Yu-San YS Zhang Jia-Yu JY Hsu Yuan-Chi YC Hong Min-Xuan MX Lee Li-Wen LW
International journal of environmental research and public health 20200504 9
Breast density is a risk factor for breast cancer. This study explored distribution of mammographic density quantitatively and qualitatively in a wide age range of Taiwanese women. Subjects with negative and benign mammographic findings were included. According to the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System, the proportion of extremely dense breasts declined from 58.0% in women < 30 years to 1.9% in women > 74 years. More than 80% of mammograms in women < 55 years old were classified as extreme ...[more]