Summary: Don’t panic. Dense breast tissue is not cancer. The results are merely informing you that, like 40 percent of American women, your breast tissue is particularly fibrous. This does, however, make it more difficult for a mammogram to see through the entire breast. <a href="http://medicine.utah.edu/faculty/mddetail.php?facultyID=u0031449">Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones</a> explains dense breasts in further detail and what alternative screening methods might work the best for you.
