Many U.S. teachers think the answer is Liberia and Burma (make that Myanmar). Let's give Liberia and Myanmar a break! All countries have adopted the metric system, including the U.S., and most countries (but not the U.S.) have taken steps to eliminate most uses of traditional measurements. However, in nearly all countries people still use traditional units sometimes, at least in colloquial expressions.
Although breast calcifications are usually noncancerous (benign), certain patterns of calcifications â such as tight clusters with irregular shapes â may indicate breast cancer. On a mammogram, breast calcifications can appear as macrocalcifications or microcalcifications. 1  Macrocalcifications. 2  These show up as large white dots or dashes. 3  They're almost always noncancerous and require no further testing or follow-up.
''Probably benign'' calcifications have a less than 2% risk of being cancer. In other words, more than 98% of the time probably benign calcifications are not cancer. Typically, they will be monitored every six months for at least one year.After a year of follow-up, and assuming no new changes are found, your doctor will recommend you have a routine mammogram once a year.icrocalcifications are small calcium deposits that look like white specks on a mammogram. Microcalcifications are usually not a result of cancer. But if they appear in certain patterns and are clustered together, they may be a sign of precancerous cells or early breast cancer.