Quantitative Classification of Mammographic Densities and Breast Cancer Risk: Results From the Canadian National Breast Screening Study

F. Boyd, Norman; W Byng, J; A. Jong, Roberta; Fishell, E; Little, L; B. Miller, Anthony; Lockwood, Gina; Tritchler, David; J. Yaffe, Martin

doi:10.1093/jnci/87.9.670

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Quantitative Classification of Mammographic Densities and Breast Cancer Risk: Results From the Canadian National Breast Screening Study

Published in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute • May 3, 1995

Authors:

Norman F. Boyd

J W Byng

Roberta A. Jong

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The radiographic appearance of the female breast varies from woman to woman depending on the relative amounts of fat and connective and epithelial tissues present. Variations in the mammographic density of breast tissue are referred to as the parenchymal pattern of the breast. Fat is rad...

Subject

Biostatistics

Breast cancer

Medicine

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