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Breast Fibroglandular Tissue

Known as: Fibroglandular, Fibroglandular Tissue 
Breast tissue that contains glandular epithelial and fibrous tissue.
National Institutes of Health

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1998-2017
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Mammary gland

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1936-2018
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2017
2017
The Short-Term Effect of Weight Loss Surgery on Volumetric Breast Density and Fibroglandular Volume
PURPOSE Obesity and breast density are both associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and are potentially modifiable… (More)
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2017
2017
Invasive Breast Cancer Preferably and Predominantly Occurs at the Interface Between Fibroglandular and Adipose Tissue.
BACKGROUND Increasing evidence suggests adipocyte involvement in malignant breast tumor invasive front or margin. The aim of this… (More)
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2016
2016
Comparison of Dixon Sequences for Estimation of Percent Breast Fibroglandular Tissue
OBJECTIVES To evaluate sources of error in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) measurement of percent fibroglandular tissue… (More)
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2015
2015
Double-Blind Randomized 12-Month Soy Intervention Had No Effects on Breast MRI Fibroglandular Tissue Density or Mammographic Density.
Soy supplementation by patients with breast cancer remains controversial. No controlled intervention studies have investigated… (More)
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2014
2014
Intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted MRI at 3.0 T differentiates malignant breast lesions from benign lesions and breast parenchyma.
PURPOSE To study the differentiation of malignant breast lesions from benign lesions and fibroglandular tissue (FGT) using… (More)
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2014
2014
MRI Volumetric Analysis of Breast Fibroglandular Tissue to Assess Risk of the Spared Nipple in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
Prophylactic nipple-areolar complex (NAC)-sparing mastectomy (NSM) in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is controversial over concern… (More)
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2012
2012
Atlas-Based Probabilistic Fibroglandular Tissue Segmentation in Breast MRI
In this paper we propose an atlas-aided probabilistic model-based segmentation method for estimating the fibroglandular tissue in… (More)
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2011
2011
Mammographic density and breast cancer risk: the role of the fat surrounding the fibroglandular tissue
Both the percent of mammographic density and absolute dense (fibroglandular) area are strong breast cancer risk factors. The role… (More)
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2011
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2011
Volume of mammographic density and risk of breast cancer.
BACKGROUND Assessing the volume of mammographic density might more accurately reflect the amount of breast volume at risk of… (More)
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2009
2009
High mammographic breast density is independent predictor of local but not distant recurrence after lumpectomy and radiotherapy for invasive breast cancer.
PURPOSE Biologically meaningful predictors for locoregional recurrence (LRR) in patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery… (More)
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