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 […]
Posts in category Thermal Breast Screening
Health Canada protects mammogram racket by criminalizing thermography for breast cancer detection
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer By Natural News (NaturalNews) The forces of evil are currently running wild in Canada, where the government-run healthcare machine and the mainstream media are currently engaged in a vicious assault on the safe and effective breast cancer screening tool known as thermography. A recent “investigative” […]
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 […]
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 […]
Understanding the Role of DITI* in Breast Screening
The benefits of DITI do vary between age and risk groups. With the pre mammogram age group (under 50) the benefits of screening to detect any findings or changes that justify additional testing or closer monitoring are simple. With any positive DITI findings in this younger age group, any mammogram and ultrasound sensitivity and specificity will be increased with the […]
EVALUATION OF THE ABILITY OF DIGITAL INFRARED IMAGING TO DETECT VASCULAR CHANGES IN EXPERIMENTAL ...
Int. J. Cancer: 108, 790–794 (2004) © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. Publication of the International Union Against Cancer Infrared imaging has frequently been used in the past to detect changes in skin surface temperature associated with breast cancer. Usually a 1–2° C elevation in skin surfacet em-perature is observed at the tumour periphery, and it has […]
Breast Thermography is a Noninvasive Prognostic Procedure that Predicts Tumor Growth Rate in Brea...
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1993 Nov 30;698:153-8. Head JF, Wang F, Elliott RL. Source Elliott Mastology Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816. Abstract Our recent retrospective analysis of the clinical records of patients who had breast thermography demonstrated that an abnormal thermogram was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer and a poorer prognosis […]
Mammograms & Thermography — Panel’s recommendation has merit.
Mammograms & Thermography — Panel’s recommendation has merit. The two techniques look at different things. Thermography looks at abnormal blood vessel formation, which is an early event in the life of a cancer. Mammography looks at masses (1 centimeter or larger) and calcification patterns, which are later developments. Each has reliability in the recent literature […]
Women Receive “Good News” on Mammography Screening But Is it Really Good News?
Women Receive “Good News” on Mammography Screening But Is it Really Good News? Women Have A Safe Alternative to Mammograms to Maintain Annual Screenings For immediate release from the American College of Clinical Thermology. Women of all ages received good news with the recent revision of the government recommendations for screening mammography. The US Department […]
Alternative to Mammograms
Sunday, November 22, 2009 The Record Alternative to mammograms In view of the recent U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations concerning new guidelines for having mammograms, some vital information for women needs to be presented. The new guidelines are for the general population, not those at high risk of breast cancer because of family history […]
What is Breast Thermography?
Breast thermography is a 15 minute non invasive test of physiology. It is a valuable procedure for alerting your doctor to changes that can indicate early stage breast disease. The benefit of breast thermography is that it offers the opportunity of earlier detection of breast disease than has been possible through breast self examination, doctor […]
The Secret Weapon In Breast Cancer Detection?
Originally published in Issue 1 2005 icon The Secret Weapon In Breast Cancer Detection? By Madeleine Kingsley Once upon a time, thermography was a secret weapon. Its heat-sensing ability helped the military flush out adversaries hiding by night and led missiles to their targets. People trapped in burning buildings, lost at sea or in snowdrifts, […]