“…In recent studies, we employed fractal analysis on segmented histological structures of breast tissue sections that were stained with pan-keratin to highlight the epithelial components (Tambasco et al, 2007;Tambasco and Magliocco, 2008). These epithelial components comprised the multi-cellular structures (gland formations), cellular structures (individual cell shapes), and subcellular structures (distribution of keratin within the cells and nuclear shape).…”