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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:42 pm    Post subject: microcalcifications - history Reply with quote
I have been dx with a cluster of microcalcifications and am awaiting a mammotone. I have done a lot of research and would like to know the history behind it as I have never heard of them before.

How long ago and what led the bc community to realize that these
could be a sign of cancer?

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:10 pm    Post subject: Re: microcalcifications - history Reply with quote
Hello

Microcalcifications have been recognized as a sign of possible malignancy since early studies my mammograms. It is just one characteristic in the image that makes it suspicious, but it is not a definite evidence of malignancy whatsoever.

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