Researchers identify the tissue surrounding breast microcalcifications as a key source of diagnostic information

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A study performed on 3,504 individual breast microcalcifications (MCs) scanned using high-resolution 3D micro-CT reveals that the surrounding tissue microenvironment provides stronger diagnostic information than the calcified core alone for distinguishing benign from malignant breast lesions. The findings are published in the journal Breast Cancer Research.

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