Ask the doctor: What are breast calcifications?
When a radiologist sees microcalcifications on a mammogram, they may be scattered white flecks that appear in both breasts. These are likely to be benign. The radiologist may describe them as "scattered calcifications," and usually doctors simply recommend that a woman continue having routine mammograms. If the microcalcifications are clustered in one breast ("clustered calcifications"), they are more likely to indicate a precancerous change or even cancer. In these cases, a biopsy of the breast tissue is warranted.
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