Dense breasts on Mammogram

[MomLPN]

Hi,

I am a 39 year old (turing 40 in a couple of months). My maternal grandmother died at 33 from metastasized breast cancer. Because of that family history, I chose to get my first baseline mammogram at age 35, and have gotten 2 since then. They have been normal, but on my recent mammogram report, it was noted that I have dense heterogenous breasts. After researching it a bit, I found that it is not necessarily uncommon for women under 50 to have dense heterogenous breasts, but it was suggested that women with average to high risk for breast cancer have an ultrasound once a year in addition to a normal mammogram. From what I read, mammograms rarely detect or OFTEN miss early tumors in women with dense herterogenous breasts, AND tumors are more likely to develop in dense breast tissue. . Because my family breast cancer was in my GRANDMOTHER, and not my mother or sister, I am still considered close to average risk, not high risk. If any medical professional or other woman here has any experience with this or could give advice on whether I should seek an ultrasound each year as well, your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[MomLPN]

Thanks! I didnt post in the expert forum but an expert did answer me. I thought it was appropriate in the Radiology forum as well, since I really was asking more about information regarding the difference between standard mammogram and ultrasound sensitivity, etc. But, I dont mind. Thanks for the advice!

[zouzi]

Hi again,
I am also wondering why....I think you should ask one of the moderators,why your post was moved again from the Radiology Forum to ours.I am sure you would get more accurate information from a radiologist.
Here is the link where you could post your question to a moderator.

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Improve-MedHelp-Suggestions/show/110


Another suggestion would be to post in the "Radiology Community Forum" (Link below). I am not sure, but maybe your post was moved because you posted in the "Expert Forum"?

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Radiology-/show/905

I hope this helps a little...

[MomLPN]

Yes, I know, and thank you. I had posted in the Radiology forum, as this was a mammogram question, and for some reason MedHelp took it out and placed it in the Breast Cancer forum, where I had already posted it. So this is likely to happen again. Thanks again for your advice.

[zouzi]

Hi there,
I already answered your post on November the 11th. Please click on the link below.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Breast-Cancer/Dense-heterogenous-breasts/show/2040564#post_9649940