Calcification in breast a sign of cancer?

[Dolmedo]

I am 24 years old with A huge history of cancer on both sides of my family. I recently did a breast ultrasound and they found lots of calcification in both breast. Should I be worried? What would be my next step? More testing?

[Dolmedo]

Oh well the ultrasound just said calcification on both breast and fibrocystic changes then it said I should take further steps to check it out because of the medical family history

[zouzi]

Hi,
Calcifications are quite normal in breast tissue and they are not harmful. Only the ones that grow in a cluster are suspicious because they sometimes cluster around a mass.
Calcification can be cause by many benign conditions such as calcifications in a dilated milk duct,cysts,fibroadenomas, infection(mastitis)or just skin calcification.
There is score assigned on your Ultrasound report called  BI-RADS.  (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System).
This system is used by radiologist to categorize how suspicious the calcifications are.The scores go from 0 to 5.The higher the score the more suspicious are the findings .
It's important to know what your score is.You could call the radiologist to find out about it.Depending on your score, you and your doctor will know if the calcifications in your breasts are nothing to worry about, or if they have to be monitored every 3 to six months, or biopsied if the score is 4 or higher.
Best wishes...