Mapping the genetic basis of breast microcalcifications and their role in metastasis

Abstract Breast cancer screening and early stage diagnosis is typically performed by X-ray mammography, which detects microcalcifications. Despite being one of the most reliable features of nonpalpable breast cancer, the processes by which these microcalcifications form are understudied and largely...

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Main Authors: Asif Rizwan, Santosh Kumar Paidi, Chao Zheng, Menglin Cheng, Ishan Barman, Kristine Glunde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29330-9