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I have heterogenous breast and a density showed up on mam called back for diag mammagram mother had breast cancer and they compared it to last year?
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Yes they should: History of breast cancer and a mass on mam ned to be invetigated.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Good!: Many times with an abnormal mammogram the radiologists will compare it to previous mammograms. They may also do a breast sonogram. Finally, if there is some change, they may decide to do a biopsy. That is the normal order of evaluation.
Answered 3/17/2014
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