BreastScreen NSW and Qld may be advising of your Breast Density in 2025 - cancer or not!

I had my first mammogram at 40. My GP told me I had dense breast tissue and suggested that I get an ultrasound with my mammograms. I did do this every 2 years until a few cysts were identified and then my gp suggested I have yearly mammogram and ultrasound. It was in these years scans my initial breast cancer was identified. While this was good the issue for me was that no one explained to me what dense breast tissue meant in terms of breast cancer risk. I think education around dense breast tissue and increased risk and how to reduce that risk is important.