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Dense Breasts 101, with Julie Gershon
April 15, 2025 · 26 min

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. 

Look out for a follow-up episode in the works, about health insurance and breast ultrasounds.

Show notes:

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

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

What to listen to next: an episode about cervical screening - https://pod.link/1706322130/episode/45572d4cdf13dcfa76517a40b5c434e6

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