Dense or not dense: Md. physician says updates to mammogram readings now required by FDA help empower women

A new requirement from the Food and Drug Administration for radiology facilities nationwide aims to help better detect breast cancer.

Radiology reports for breast cancer detection are now required to say whether a patient’s breast tissue is “dense” or not.

What does that mean?

“I liken it to the sky: So the sky is blue and the clouds are white, so breast density essentially is white, and the cloudier the sky, the harder it is to find lesions, because cancer is white and breast tissue is white,” said Dr.