Microcalcifications in Breast Cancer

Calcifications in the breast can be benign or malignant. They can appear as either macrocalcifications or microcalcifications on a mammogram (i.e. an X-ray of the breast). Macrocalcifications look like large white dashes or dots and are mostly noncancerous and no further tests are required usually.

Mammographic microcalcifications and breast cancer tumorigenesis: a radiologic-pathologic analysis, BMC Cancer

Exploration of utility of combined optical photothermal infrared and Raman imaging for investigating the chemical composition of microcalcifications in breast cancer - Analytical Methods (RSC Publishing)

Clustered microcalcifications in breast. (A) The bright spots are

Breast Imaging Findings of Microcalcifications in Ductal Carcinoma in Situ and Their Correlations with Pathological and Biological Features, IJ Radiology

PDF) Microcalcifications Associated with Breast Cancer: An Epiphenomenon or Biologically Significant Feature of Selected Tumors?

Association of Microcalcification Clusters with Short-term Invasive Breast Cancer Risk and Breast Cancer Risk Factors

A mammogram of female breast, revealing micro-calcifications (white

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Microcalcifications in breast cancer: From pathophysiology to diagnosis and prognosis - ScienceDirect

Computer-aided diagnosis for early-stage breast cancer by using Wavelet Transform