| Breast cancer is a danger that is lurking around every | | | | method of screening for cancer. It is based on infra |
| woman. Breast cancer rates both invasive and non | | | | red heat emissions from targeted regions of the body. |
| invasive, have increased over 30% in the past. Around | | | | Thermographs detect the heat emission from body |
| 1 in 8 women in United States will be diagnosed with | | | | cells as the go through their metabolic process. These |
| breast cancer as of 2010. This rate is expected to | | | | heat emissions provide diagnostic window to the |
| further go up. In the year 2009 alone around 50,000 | | | | functional status of given area like female breast. For |
| women may have died because of breast cancer. | | | | breast cancer Thermography offers advanced |
| With advanced screening and early detection the | | | | warning system - almost 5 years before it would be |
| survival rate can go up. While Mammography is the | | | | detected by mammography. Most breast cancer |
| commonly used test Thermography can detect breast | | | | tumors grow slowly over a period of 20 years before |
| cancer 5 years in advance as compared to | | | | they are found by typical diagnostic techniques. |
| mammography. Thermography is also less expansive | | | | Thermography can detect them when they are in a |
| and risk free as compared to mammography. | | | | minute stage of development. At this stage it is |
| Mammography is the most common test done to | | | | relatively easy to halt to reverse the progression of |
| detect breast cancer. Mammography makes use of | | | | cancer. |
| high intensity ionizing radiation on the breast to create | | | | Thermography procedure is simple and non invasive. |
| images. Radiologists then analyze the image for any | | | | The woman stands in front of the Thermogram and |
| abnormal findings. There are a lot of risks and | | | | the imaging takes only a few minutes. The results are |
| drawbacks associated with mammography. For | | | | displayed on a monitor instantly and the data can be |
| starters there is a 15% miss rate (i.e.) a malignant | | | | interpreted immediately with latest image analyzing |
| tumor growth may be missed or falsely reported | | | | software. No rays of any kind pass through the body |
| when there is none. But the biggest risk lies in the | | | | and there is no pain of pressing the breast like |
| ionizing radiation that mammograms use. These | | | | mammogram.Mammography is a risky and very |
| radiations may trigger cancerous growth. This risk is | | | | expensive test when compared to Thermography. |
| highest in younger women who are 35 years of age | | | | Next time when your doctor advises mammography |
| and lower. | | | | please talk to him about Thermography. If you are |
| Mammography can detect tumors and malignant | | | | women above 25 years you should on your own get |
| growth but when it comes to early determination of | | | | a Thermography analysis of your breast done once |
| susceptibility to cancer it may not be of much use. | | | | every year. |
| Thermography is a non toxic and highly accurate | | | | |