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  • Study finds differences between benign, cancerous breast calcifications

    Jul 22, 2025 1:15 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneDiscovery
    With the first detailed look inside breast tissue calcifications, Illinois researchers documented distinct differences between benign and cancerous deposits. In this sample of ductal carcinoma in situ, a precursor to invasive breast cancer, calcium phosphate nodules clumped together and were encrusted by thick layers of more calcium phosphate. Image by Mayandi Sivaguru

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    Benign and cancerous calcium phosphate deposits that look identical on a mammogram have distinct differences that could lead to new diagnostic criteria, according to U. of I. researchers and their colleagues.

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