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The Masking Effect of High Mammographic Breast Density (MBD)

13 May 2017 | By Wellend

In cases of high MBD, a mammogram’s ability to detect cancers is about the same as flipping a coin. ...

Population-Attributable Risk Proportion of Clinical Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

24 February 2017 | By Wellend

A study recently published in JAMA has found that women whose breasts are predominantly made up of more dense, glandular tissue face higher odds for b...

Patients with Dense Breasts Twice as Likely to Develop Cancer in Second Breast

14 February 2017 | By Wellend

Research from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center recently published in the journal Cancer, has found that Breast cancer patients with...

Wellend Health Announces World First Breast Cancer Prevention Trial

14 February 2017 | By Wellend

Well–known Breast Cancer Specialist, Dr Stephen Birrell of Wellend Health at Burnside Hospital, in partnership with U.S. based breast cancer pharmac...

Are Australian doctors’ legally obliged to inform women of their breast density status?

12 October 2016 | By Wellend

QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Law Research have put together a team of QUT legal and medical researchers to investigate the legal issues arou...

Both Doctors And Patients Confused By Dense Breasts

11 October 2016 | By Wellend

“Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among women (second to skin cancer) accounting for 29% of newly diagnosed cancers. A...

Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram

2 October 2016 | By Wellend

A group of senior Australian researchers from five universities and cancer clinics are so concerned that women are not being warned they have dense br...

The Wellend Clinic a centre for new international trials bringing hope of breast cancer treatment

28 August 2016 | By Wellend

At the forefront of breast cancer prevention and treatment, the Wellend Clinic has begun recruitment for two very exciting new breast cancer trials. L...

Association of infertility and fertility treatment with mammographic density in a large screening-based cohort of women: a cross-sectional study

22 August 2016 | By Wellend

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have recently published an article in Breast Cancer Research which investigates wheth...

Cancer researchers hope breast density key to reducing risk of disease

8 August 2016 | By Wellend

ABC News, Australia have reported that a ‘pilot study into breast density among young women is being launched by West Australian researchers in ...