Peter Attia· MD
a single mammogram on a dense woman it's sensitivity is about fifty five percent it's actually quite poor whereas on a woman who actually has fatty tissue it's very high how high it can actually be over ninety five percent
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a single mammogram on a dense woman it's sensitivity is about fifty five percent it's actually quite poor whereas on a woman who actually has fatty tissue it's very high how high it can actually be over ninety five percent
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so many states and I think they're actually over 38 and possibly soon to become a federal law in United States is going to require that the very first line on a mammogram report is going to be that the woman's breast tissue is dense limiting mammographic sensitivity or the breast tissue is almost entirely fat in which case mammograms are helpful