Breast microcalcifications are key diagnostically significant radiological features for localisation of malignancy. This study explores the hypothesis that breast calcification composition is directly ...

A Microcalcifications are tiny specks of calcium. Calcifications don’t always sound the cancer alarm. The body patches up many things by plastering calcium over them. Past breast trauma — a bump that ...

While many breast calcifications can be benign, they can also be found in association with breast cancer. Many women never have symptoms when they have breast cancer. They may not feel any different.

Benign and cancerous calcium phosphate deposits that may look identical on a mammogram have distinct differences in their structures and formation processes, researchers at the University of Illinois ...

I recently had a mammogram that showed calcifications. A follow-up found them to be benign. How did I get calcifications, and can they be reversed? Occasionally, tiny bits of calcium migrate from your ...

It happens to some women. A mammogram comes back and the woman suddenly becomes overwhelmed with anxiety, as there is a report of calcifications in one or both breasts. The next thing can be worry, as ...

An ongoing study spotlights the link between calcium deposits in the breast arteries and life-threatening heart risks.

With the first detailed look inside breast tissue calcifications, Illinois researchers documented distinct differences between benign and cancerous deposits. In this sample of ductal carcinoma in situ ...

Many women, once they reach a certain age, begin having mammograms on a regular schedule -- usually either annually or biannually starting at age 40, 45 or 50 -- to look for signs of breast cancer.