Microcalcifications associated with breast cancer: an epiphenomenon or biologically significant feature of selected tumors?

MP Morgan, MM Cooke, GM McCarthy - Journal of mammary gland …, 2005 - Springer
Radiographic mammary calcifications occur in 30–50% of breast cancers and constitute one
of the most important diagnostic markers of both benign and malignant lesions of the breast …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and management of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).

BA Virnig, T Shamliyan, TM Tuttle… - Evidence report …, 2009 - europepmc.org
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New relationships between breast microcalcifications and cancer

R Baker, KD Rogers, N Shepherd, N Stone - British journal of cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Background: Breast microcalcifications are key diagnostically significant radiological
features for localisation of malignancy. This study explores the hypothesis that breast …

Microcalcifications in breast cancer: novel insights into the molecular mechanism and functional consequence of mammary mineralisation

RF Cox, A Hernandez-Santana, S Ramdass… - British journal of …, 2012 - nature.com
Background: Mammographic microcalcifications represent one of the most reliable features
of nonpalpable breast cancer yet remain largely unexplored and poorly understood …

Advanced transmission Raman spectroscopy: a promising tool for breast disease diagnosis

N Stone, P Matousek - Cancer Research, 2008 - AACR
A novel approach to noninvasively probe the composition of endogenous materials
concealed deeply within mammalian tissue is presented. The method relies upon …

Calcium hydroxyapatite promotes mitogenesis and matrix metalloproteinase expression in human breast cancer cell lines

MP Morgan, MM Cooke… - … in cooperation with …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Radiographic mammary microcalcifications are one of the most pertinent diagnostic markers
of breast cancer. Breast tissue calcification in the form of calcium hydroxyapatite (HA) is …

Oxalate induces breast cancer

AM Castellaro, A Tonda, HH Cejas, H Ferreyra… - BMC cancer, 2015 - Springer
Background Microcalcifications can be the early and only presenting sign of breast cancer.
One shared characteristic of breast cancer is the appearance of mammographic mammary …

Multi-gene signature of microcalcification and risk prediction among Taiwanese breast cancer

HT Tsai, CS Huang, CC Tu, CY Liu, CJ Huang… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Microcalcification is one of the most common radiological and pathological features of breast
ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and to a lesser extent, invasive ductal carcinoma. We …

[HTML][HTML] Underlining the complexity of the structural and chemical characteristics of ectopic calcifications in breast tissues through FE-SEM and μFTIR spectroscopy

AB Lakhdar, M Daudon, MC Mathieu, A Kellum… - Comptes Rendus …, 2016 - Elsevier
Breast calcifications, defined as calcium deposits within breast tissue, can arise from a vast
number of aetiologies. Diffuse or scattered distribution is typically seen in benign entities …

Phosphocitrate inhibits calcium hydroxyapatite induced mitogenesis and upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-1, interleukin-1β and cyclooxygenase-2 mRNA in …

MM Cooke, GM McCarthy, JD Sallis… - Breast cancer research …, 2003 - Springer
Microcalcifications containing calcium hydroxyapatite (HA) are often associated with
malignant human breast lesions. Frequently, they are the only mammographic features that …