PETALING JAYA: Doctors who detect high breast density in their patients must tell them about the link to higher risk of breast cancer so that the women are diligent about getting their routine screening.
Universiti Malaya consultant breast surgeon Prof Dr Yip Cheng Har said that post-menopausal women with very dense breasts were four to five times more likely to develop breast cancer than women with low breast density.
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