"Breast Density" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Measurement of relative composition of different BREAST tissue types often determined from MAMMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; or MRI.
| Descriptor ID |
D000071060
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.275 G07.100.138
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| Concept/Terms |
Mammographic Breast Density- Mammographic Breast Density
- Breast Densities, Mammographic
- Breast Density, Mammographic
- Mammographic Breast Densities
- Mammographic Density
- Density, Mammographic
- Mammographic Densities
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast Density" by people in Profiles.
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Mammographic density mediates the protective effect of early-life body size on breast cancer risk. Nat Commun. 2024 May 13; 15(1):4021.
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Examination of fully automated mammographic density measures using LIBRA and breast cancer risk in a cohort of 21,000 non-Hispanic white women. Breast Cancer Res. 2023 08 06; 25(1):92.
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Childhood adiposity, serum metabolites and breast density in young women. Breast Cancer Res. 2022 12 19; 24(1):91.
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Women's Breast Cancer Screening Confidence by Screening Modality and Breast Density: A Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Survey Study. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2022 11; 31(11):1547-1556.
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Decision quality and regret with treatment decisions in women with breast cancer: Pre-operative breast MRI and breast density. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Aug; 194(3):607-616.
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Mammographic Density Decline, Tamoxifen Response, and Prognosis by Molecular Characteristics of Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2022 May 02; 6(3).
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Genome-wide and transcriptome-wide association studies of mammographic density phenotypes reveal novel loci. Breast Cancer Res. 2022 04 12; 24(1):27.
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Preoperative MRI in breast cancer: effect of breast density on biopsy rate and yield. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2022 Jan; 191(1):177-190.
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Identification of 31 loci for mammographic density phenotypes and their associations with breast cancer risk. Nat Commun. 2020 10 09; 11(1):5116.
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Alcohol and Tobacco Use in Relation to Mammographic Density in 23,456 Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 05; 29(5):1039-1048.