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Open Access
01-12-2014 | Oral presentation
Local breast density at lesion sites in diagnostic and previous screening mammograms
Authors:
M Otsuka, E Harkness, X Chen, E Moschidis, M Bydder, S Gadde, Y Lim, A Maxwell, DG Evans, A Howell, P Stavrinos, M Wilson, S Astley
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
High overall breast density is associated with increased risk of developing cancer. Semi-automated analysis of digitised analogue mammograms has previously suggested that local increases in density may occur prior to cancers being detected. We investigate local density at the site of cancers in diagnostic and previous full-field digital screening mammograms using quantitative measures. …