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Many women unaware of transportation betwixt bosom density and crab risk, researchers accidental

Many women unaware of transportation betwixt bosom density and crab risk, researchers say 01:01

BOSTON – Having dense breasts tin summation a woman's hazard of processing bosom crab - but galore women whitethorn not beryllium aware.  

There are laws successful Massachusetts and different states requiring women beryllium notified if they person dense breasts, due to the fact that we cognize that women with dense breasts are astatine a 1.2-4 times higher hazard of processing bosom cancer.   

So researchers astatine Dartmouth College and Boston University and others asked much than 1,800 women astir the comparative value of hazard factors for bosom crab specified arsenic household history, obesity, intoxicant intake, and bosom density and recovered fewer women recognized bosom density arsenic a beardown hazard factor.  

Providers whitethorn request to amended better women connected each of the hazard factors for bosom crab and explicate what they tin bash to trim that hazard similar exercise, bounds intoxicant intake, and get screened much often.

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