In diagnostic mammography breast microcalcifications are the primary evidence in the detection and assessment of early stage breast cancer (carcinoma in-situ) and impalpable tumor lesions 1,2.
Breast cancer is the most common malignant neoplasm and accounts for nearly a quarter of all cancers in women worldwide 1. Spurred principally by mammography screening, an ever-increasing number of ...
An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to 'fingerprint' the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications that reveal pathological clues to ...