Mammogram results often include information about breast density. Healthcare professionals use the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System to report breast density. According to this system, the levels of density are (from left to right) A: almost entirely fatty, B: scattered areas of fibroglandular density, C: heterogeneously dense and D: extremely dense.
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