NYTimes.com – Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer

By PEGGY ORENSTEIN
Published: April 25, 2013
NYtimes.com

So when the radiologist found an odd, bicycle-spoke-like pattern on the film — not even a lump — and sent me for a biopsy, I wasn’t worried. After all, who got breast cancer at 35?
It turns out I did. Recalling the fear, confusion, anger and grief of that time is [...]

Manufacturing controversy: CBC’s thermography story – who’s deceiving who?

By Darcy Fitzpatrick
Post at: SignalBlog.ca
Posted on: Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
A few weeks ago in late November, CBC’s Here and Now presented an investigative report on thermography.
Sort of.
It wasn’t really about thermography. I mean, they didn’t look into thermography in any great detail. What they did instead was focus in on the only clinic in the [...]

About Thermal Imaging (thermography) by Greenpoint Thermography

Video by Greenpoint Thermography in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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The Benefits and Harms of Breast Cancer Screening: An Independent Review

The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 30 October 2012
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61611-0Cite or Link Using DOI
The benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: an independent review
Original Text
Independent UK Panel on Breast Cancer Screening†
Summary
Whether breast cancer screening does more harm than good has been debated extensively. The main questions are how large the benefit of screening is in terms of [...]

Breast Cancer Screening Causes More Damage than Previously Thought

Around 4,000 women have unnecessary treatment for a disease that will never threaten their health, though tests should continue
Sarah Boseley, health editor
The Guardian, Monday 29 October 2012

Around 1,300 lives are saved by mammography, but many women have unnecessary breast cancer treatment. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA
Breast cancer screening causes more harm than has previously been recognised, even [...]

Cancer prevention on minds of Ontario CWL

Written by Erin Morawetz, The Catholic Register
Wednesday, 25 July 2012 14:25
Ontario’s Catholic Women’s League has put its support behind infrared breast screening thermography while expressing opposition to youth indoor tanning.
These resolutions were passed at the 65th annual Ontario provincial convention of the CWL, which took place in Kingston, Ont., July 9 to 11.
Marlene Pavletic, president [...]

When a Train is not a Boat, and a Row Boat is not a Luxury Liner

Why Mammography cannot be compared with breast thermography.
Author: Dr. Hillary Smith
I have recently seen the media go crazy with a study that was done at Bryn Mawr Hospital comparing mammography and thermography for breast cancer detection. The thermal images in the study failed to impress those conducting the study. And so we see multiple [...]

Rebuttle to No-Touch Study ~ Misleading Media About Thermography

The recent plethora of articles reporting a study published that compares a certain type of infrared imaging for breast cancer with mammography has been taken out of context and perspective by some journalists and by certain self interest groups within the medical profession.
The ‘No touch breast scan’ product was tested alongside mammography for the detection [...]

Suzanne Somers Admits She Has a Controversial Viewpoint on Mammograms

Suzanne Somers Discusses Mammogram Alternatives
Suzanne Somers admits she has a controversial viewpoint on mammograms. Watch as she explains the risks she sees behind mammograms and offers her alternatives to breast cancer screenings.

Dense breasts may need more screening

United Press International
11-01-11
Women with dense or non-fatty breast tissue may need additional breast cancer screening, a U.S. researcher says.
Dr. Roshni Rao, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, said one woman’s personal battle with breast cancer was the inspiration for Henda’s Law — a Texas law named for [...]