Finding out breast density can cause anxiety, confusion

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Recorded23 Jan 2026

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In some places in Australia, women are notified of how dense their breasts are after they’ve undergone their routine mammogram.Dense breasts can be a risk factor for cancer, and can also make it harder to detect.But notifying women can cause anxiety and confusion, not only because of the risks, but because of the out-of-pocket costs that follow.Guest/sDr Brooke Nickel, senior research fellow in the school of public health at the University of SydneyReferencesImpact of population based breast density notification: multisite parallel arm randomised controlled trial in BreastScreen

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