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Thermography
First,
LLC. Serving South Florida Donna Tomey |
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RESEARCH STUDIES AND ARTICLES
Studies show that 15% of all
breast cancers occur in women between the ages of 20 to 44 (1).
Mammography is difficult to interpret in the age group due to the
density of the breast. Women who are on hormone replacement
therapy, nursing or have fibrocystic, large or augmented breasts can
cause reading difficulties (2,3). While there is no one screening
test that is 100% accurate (1,3,4), current research shows a 61%
increase in survival rate when thermography is added to a woman’s
regular breast check-up. Thermography introduces a 90% accurate
screening test for younger women and provides the earliest breast
cancer detection to date for women of all ages.
1. ACS Breast Cancer
Guidelines and Statistics. 2005-2006
2. Belliveau N., M.D. et al.
“Infrared imaging of the Breast: Initial Reappraisal Using
High-Resolution Digital Technology in 100 Successive Cases of Stage
I and Stage II Breast Cancers.” Breast Journal 4.4 (1998).
3. Gamigami P., M.D. Atlas
of Mammography; New Early Signs of Breast Cancer. Blackwell
Science, 1996.
4. Gautherie M., Ph.D.
“Thermobiological Assessment of Benign and Malignant Diseases.”
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 147.9 (1983);
861-869.
5. Nyirjesy, I. M.D. et al.
“Clinical Evaluation Mammography and Thermography in the Diagnosis
of Breast Carcinomas.” Thermology 1 (1986) 170-173.
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