A comparison of various methods for measuring breast density and breast tissue composition in adolescent girls and women

Abstract This study compared different approaches to measuring breast density and breast tissue composition (BTC) in adolescent girls (n = 42, aged 14–16 years) and their mothers (n = 39, aged 36–61 years) from a cohort in Santiago, Chile. Optical spectroscopy (OS) was used to measure collagen, wate...

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Main Authors: Rebecca D. Kehm, E. Jane Walter, Ana Pereira, Melissa L. White, Sabine Oskar, Karin B. Michels, John A. Shepherd, Lothar Lilge, Mary Beth Terry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17800-0