Whitlockite has a characteristic distribution in mammary microcalcifications and it is not associated with breast cancer  

作　　者：Carlo Morasso Renzo Vanna Francesca Piccotti Lidia Frizzi Marta Truffi Sara Albasini Camelia Borca Thomas Huthwelker Laura Villani Oliver Bunk Cinzia Giannini Fabio Corsi 

机构地区：[1]Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS,Pavia,Italy [2]National Research Council (IFN-CNR),Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies,Milan,Italy [3]Paul Scherrer Institut,Villigen PSI,Switzerland [4]National Research Council,Institute of Crystallography,Bari,Italy [5]Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences,University of Milan,Milan,Italy

出　　处：《Cancer Communications》2023年第10期1169-1173,共5页癌症通讯（英文）

基　　金：European Union’s Horizon(731019)and Ministero della Salute(Ricerca Corrente).

摘　　要：Dear Editor,Microcalcifications(MCs)are common findings in mammography and can be indicative of different degrees of malignancy,thus requiring multiple stereotaxis vacuumassisted biopsies under mammography to identify and characterize breast cancer[1,2].In many cases,however,the presence of MCs is not associated with the presence of a tumor.Therefore,a better understanding of the physical-chemical properties of MCs is needed to assess the relationship between their presence and breast cancer.

关 键 词：BREAST cancer cancer. 

分 类 号：R737.9[医药卫生—肿瘤]