If you’ve had a mammogram, and your results show you have dense breast tissue - here’s what you should know about it. Radiologist Julie Gershon talks about what it means for your health, and what you should do as a next step in breast cancer screening. 

More about our guest, Julie Gershon https://www.jgershon.com/

More about dense breasts: https://www.areyoudense.org/

What to listen to next: this episode about paying for breast screening.

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