BREAST THERMOGRAPHY

This year over 192,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the USA.  Even more tragic is the large number of cancer cases that will be missed until the cancer is very late stage and severe.  All cancer specialists agree that early detection is the key to surviving this deadly disease.

By the time breast cancer can be seen on a mammogram, that cancer has been growing for 10 years.  It is now known that 20% of breast cancers can not be seen on a mammogram.

What is vitally needed is a proven test that can detect the earliest changes in breast tissue.  Cancer cells need a good blood supply and indeed develop their own blood supply to insure growth.  This is called "angiogenesis".

Pre-cancerous tissue also develops it's own blood supply and causes abnormal heat patterns in the female breast.  We now have a unique technology that can detect the earliest signs and warnings of developing breast cancer.  This breast screening is called thermography. 

THERMOGRAPHY

This literally means "heat picture" and is a measurement of the infrared heat given off by your body.  Thermography converts infrared radiation emitted from the skin into electrical impulses that are seen in color. (Refer to the above picture.) The spectrum of colors indicate the amount of infrared radiation being emitted by the skin surface.  This could be an excess amount or a decreased amount.  This is the only method available for visualizing pain and pathology.  This test can assess pain and pathology anywhere in the body.  Thermography is routinely used in many areas of mainstream medicine such as rheumatology, neurology, pain clinics and for vascular disease.

BREAST THERMOGRAPHY

This is a state of the art technology that uses advanced infrared computerized camera systems to detect heat patterns in the breast.  This system can detect abnormal heat patterns and then analyze the information with the latest computer program.  This information is then viewed and analyzed by a doctor who is Board Certified in Medical Thermography.

The benefit of this testing is that it offers the opportunity of earlier detection of breast disease than has been possible with breast self exam, doctor examination, or mammogram alone.  Medical thermograms detect the subtle changes that accompany breast pathology.  This could be cancer, fibrocystic disease, an infection or vascular disease. 

Studies show that breast thermography has the ability to warn a woman that a cancer is forming up to 10 years BEFORE ANY OTHER TEST CAN DETECT IT.  An abnormal breast thermogram is the single most important sign of high risk for developing breast cancer.  The abnormal breast thermogram is 10 times more significant than a first order family history of breast cancer. 

Therapy was first used in 1957 by Raymond Lawson, M.D. and since then over 800 peer reviewed studies have been published in the medical literature.  Some 300,000 women have participated in these studies.  Because of its accuracy and most importanly its ability to increase survival rates for breast cancer victims, the FDA approved thermograpy in 1982.

HORMONE IMBALANCE

Is there a hormone imbalance in your breasts?  Did you know that your breasts store estrogen and progesterone?  Most breast cancers are known to be estrogen dominant.  A thermogram of the breasts is the only non-invasive procedure that can detect estrogen imbalance in the breast.  If estrogen levels are imbalanced it is imperative that the hormone levels be corrected.  Once the estrogen hormone imbalace is corrected, a woman's breast cancer risk is reduced.