OHSU study confirms link between breast density, higher breast cancer risk

Risk of developing breast cancer is 1.7 times higher for women with dense breasts

By Angela Yeager March 10, 2025 Portland, Oregon

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OHSU study confirms link between breast density higher breast cancer risk

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center researchers, from left: Isabel Dengos, research engineer; Jane Lange, Ph.D.; Ishfaq Ahmad, post-doc scholar; and Ting Zheng, associate scientist. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Breast density and breast cancer risk

Jane Lange, Ph.D., a staff scientist at the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, is lead author of a new study that confirms the link between breast density and breast cancer risk. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)