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Good question β and no, thatβs not what the study means.
Mammographic density is not about breast size.
It refers to how much of the breast tissue is made up of glandular and fibrous (dense) tissue compared to fatty (non-dense) tissue when seen on a mammogram.
High density = more glandular/fibrous tissue, less fat.
Low density = more fat, less glandular/fibrous tissue.
Two women can have the same breast size, but one might have mostly fatty tissue (appears dark on a mammogram = low density) and the other mostly glandular/fibrous tissue (appears white = high density).
So the studyβs finding in Ashkenazi Jewish women is about tissue composition, not volume or cup size.
Would you like me to show you a visual comparison of what βdenseβ vs. βnon-denseβ breasts look like on a mammogram? That might make it clearer.