Learn How Breast Density Impacts Cancer Risk With Dr. Liz O'Riordan - Cancer || Dr Liz O'Riordan

If you watch this video you will know more about breast density than 99% of the population. I'll tell you what a dense breast means, whether you know you have dense breasts, what that means when it comes to breast screening, how dense breasts increase your risk of getting breast cancer and much much more.

All the links to the references I've used to research this video are in in the description below.

For more information about dense breasts, please check out 👉 https://densebreast-info.org/Europe/

I'm Dr Liz O'Riordan, a breast cancer surgeon who's had breast cancer three times. I'm an expert in all things breast cancer. If you've got a question - I'll answer it for you

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:37 Do dense breasts can cause breast cancer?
01:05 What is a dense breast?
01:42 Are dense breasts normal?
02:11 Are dense breasts inherited?
02:28 How do you know if your breasts are dense?
02:43 How do we score breast density?
03:36 How do you find out your breast density?
04:09 How much do dense breasts increase your breast cancer risk?
05:34 Do mammograms miss breast cancers in dense breasts?
07:29 Are there trials looking at how to screen dense breasts?
07:54 What should you do if you have dense breasts?
08:28 How does alcohol increase your breast density?
09:30 How does HRT increase your breast density?
10:48 Do you still need a mammogram if you have dense breasts?
11:28 Do you need extra screening if you have dense breasts?


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♻️References

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press...

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/b...

https://blog.bir.org.uk/2023/02/09/wh...

https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/bas...
https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info...

HRT
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Alcohol
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti....

Website - https://liz.oriordan.co.uk Author ‘Under The Knife’ and ‘The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer’
Podcast - So Now I've Got Breast Cancer
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