Microcalcifications were more often diagnosed with full-field digital mammography than with screen-filmed mammography (adjusted prevalence ratio: 1.14, confidence interval 95%: 1.01–1.28).

Suspicious areas seen in a mammogram, such as shadows, density changes, or bright white specks (microcalcifications), will often be a first indication that further diagnostic imaging is needed.

An analysis of a large Swedish cohort revealed that breast density, microcalcifications, and masses are heritable features, and that breast density and microcalcifications were positively ...

The heritability of microcalcifications and masses were estimated to be 23 percent and 13 percent, respectively. Breast density change was not determined to be an inherited trait. Related Stories ...

The group's paper, "Biomineralogical Signatures of Breast Microcalcifications," published Feb. 22 in Science Advances.The lead author is postdoctoral researcher Jennie Kunitake, Ph.D. '21.

Microcalcifications are grouped according to their underlying etiology, morphology, distribution, or location. Breast Imaging Boot Camp: Calcifications Play Macrocalcifications ...

Background: Clinical guidelines advocate the use of at least 6 cores with vacuum-assisted macrobiopsies in the evaluation of clusters of microcalcifications in the breast. In some centers the number ...

No microcalcifications are evident, and the nodule had grade 3 vascular flow by Doppler (not shown). Images reprinted with permission from: Stephanie L. Lee, MD, PhD, ECNU.

The birds, however, had difficulty evaluating the malignant potential of breast masses (without microcalcifications) detected on mammograms, a task the authors acknowledge as “very challenging.” Human ...

New near-infrared contrast agent reveals bone and breast-cancer-related microcalcifications . Mammography continues to be the method of choice for the early detection of breast cancer.