Abstract: A method and system enabling a determination of the risk of developing breast cancer of a subject, comprises using a magnetic resonance spectroscopy device to obtain the level of the spectral signal at 3.15 and 3.19 ppm, within the breast tissue of the subject, and comparing the level of the spectral signal obtained in the first step with a reference level of a spectral signal at 3.15 and 3.19 ppm of the breast of a healthy subject, to determine whether the level of the signal obtained in the first step exceeds the reference level of a healthy subject is comparable to that of a subject known to be at elevated risk; or is elevated to the level of persons known to be carrying a gene mutation.

Abstract: A method and system provides the ability to detect density of a women's breast by obtaining the concentration of at least one selected biochemical in the breast using a spectrometer, and comparing the concentration obtained with reference measurements which correlate breast density with concentration of the at least one selected biochemical.