Research Pulse podcast Season 3 Episode 3 Breasts attract a lot of attention in popular media – but one thing you can’t see when looking at breasts is whether they are dense or not. Breast density refers to the appearance of breasts on a mammogram. In...
Breast density expert Associate Professor Wendy Ingman says artificial intelligence (AI) will play an increasingly important role in identifying women at high risk for breast cancer. In a recent perspective article in the medical journal Trends in Cancer, A/Prof...
For the first time ever, BreastScreen SA has performed more than 100,000 mammograms in one year. Forty-four-year-old Melissa from Marion underwent the milestone mammogram while getting her first ever screen at the Marion Clinic. “I was a bit nervous because you...
A study from The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) shows that while some women have knowledge of breast density, older women and those who don’t speak English at home are less likely to be aware of it. Furthermore, misconceptions are common. For example, while many...