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Dense breasts don’t correlate with body or breast size—they’re a function of tissue composition, with more glandular and fibrous tissue and less fat.—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025 For those with denser breast tissue, meaning the breast contains more glandular tissue instead of fatty tissue, detecting cancer with a mammogram can be more difficult.—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025 Breasts are primarily made up of three types of tissue: glandular, fibrous and fatty.—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025 If someone’s breasts have more glandular and fibrous tissue than fatty tissue, their breasts are considered dense.—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for glandular
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