MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Breast Density
Tree Number(s): E01.370.600.115.275; G07.100.138
Unique ID: D000071060
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071060
Scope Note: Measurement of relative composition of different BREAST tissue types often determined from MAMMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; or MRI.
Entry Term(s): Mammographic Breast Density; Mammographic Density
Previous Indexing: Body Size (1989-2016); Breast (1996-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017; MAMMOGRAPHIC DENSITY was under BREAST NEOPLASMS and MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN/abnormalities, 2014-2016
History Note: 2017 (2014)
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/06/29
Revision Date: 2016/02/26

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Breast Density MeSH Descriptor Data 2025