WEDNESDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancer risk assessment and prevention should start much earlier in life than it currently does, say Canadian researchers who examined breast cancer risk factors in young women.

As breast cancer imaging becomes ever more refined, increasing numbers of women face the prospect of multiple, anxiety-producing, and sometimes painful diagnostic tests.

( University Health Network ) A unique mother-daughter study that used magnetic resonance to measure breast density in younger women shows that percent of breast water could be linked to the risk of breast cancer in middle age and older.

The density of a young woman’s breasts measured through MRI tests might provide information on her relative risk of getting breast cancer later in life, researchers in Toronto say.

This year, I’ll be participating in a very special event called the Breast Cancer 3-Day. My sister and I will walk 60 miles over the course of three days with thousands of other women and men. The net proceeds will support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment through Susan G. … – Mandy O’Brien