If you are an Asian woman, you are more likely to have dense breasts compared to a Caucasian woman. A new study suggests that women with extremely dense breast tissue could benefit from adding MRI screening to mammograms. What does this mean for women in Malaysia?

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Categories:  Health Policy,  Diseases and Conditions,  Mental Health,  Healthy Living,  Fitness,  Science,  Medical Innovation and Technology,  Social Issues

Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  The Daily Digest,  extremely dense breast tissue,  MRI screenings,  mammograms,  mammography,  Malaysian women,  higher breast density,  breast cancer screening,  University Medical Center Utrecht,  Dutch national cancer registry,  breast cancer,  tumours,