Columnar cell lesions are enlarged terminal duct lobular units lined by columnar type epithelial cells, often with luminal secretions and tiny microcalcifications. Columnar cell lesions differ with ...

Stereotactic core needle biopsy (SCNB) of the breast is a cost-effective alternative to needle localization biopsy for the diagnosis of mammographic calcifications. We questioned whether an exhaustive ...

Bottom Line: 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 ...

Abstract: Microcalcifications are tiny calcium deposits present in the breast tissue. They are proved to be an important early sign of a process which started to happen and could be a development of a ...

Atherosclerotic plaque rupture can lead to thrombotic cardiovascular events such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Computational models have shown that microcalcifications (calcified particles with ...

European Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 19, No. 5 (SEPTEMBER 2010), pp. 374-378 (5 pages) Stereotactic biopsy assessment of microcalcification clusters with direct and frontal macrobiopsies was ...

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is considered the earliest form of breast cancer and is the most common type of non-invasive breast cancer. Ductal means that the cancer starts inside the milk ducts, ...

Influence of thiozolidinediones (TZD) exposure on the progression of oral leukoplakia (L) and erythroplakia (E) to the development of head and neck cancer (HNC). Background: Clinical guidelines ...