Cancer found more often in dense breasts
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070118/ap_on_he_me/breast_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070118/capt.ny11701180013.breast_cancer_ny117.jpg?x=78&y=130&sig=yuhTufMTdScoL1N0mSAJeA--" align="left" height="130" width="78" alt="This is an undated handout image provided on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston showing a mammogram of a breast with dense tissue free of tumors. Dense breast tissue shows up lighter, obscuring cancer tumors, which also look light on mammograms. The mammogram of a breast with lots of fatty tissue (the opposite of dense) appears noticeably darker, so light tumors would show up better against that background. (AP Photo/University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)" border="0" /></a>AP - Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a risk factor rarely discussed with patients.</p><br clear="all"/>