Sentences with phrase «of microcalcifications»

Up to half of early breast cancers contain little clusters of microcalcifications, tiny deposits of calcium that on a mammogram look like a constellation of faint stars.

A cluster of microcalcifications: women with high risk for breast cancer versus other women.

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And the animal studies reported today show that subcutaneous injections of PAM800 easily allowed them to highlight microcalcifications in the animals.

Potential future options include solutions that would mimic either benign cysts or tiny bits of calcium called microcalcifications, which can signal cancer.

One of the papers I referenced above found that uncarboxylated MGP (MGP without the addition of carbon dioxide) sticks to arterial plaque, and that as the plaque increases in severity, it contains more microcalcifications and more uncarboxylated MGP (2):