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 This Week’s Breakthrough... Thermography Outperforms Mammography
Thermography is recommended in addition to a mammogram even though thermography is
clearly superior to the mammogram in many respects. While both procedures together are better than either one separately, if only one or the other were to be given,
it’s likely most physicians who have knowledge of both tests (which they don’t...) would recommend thermography to their wives and other female family
members. Mammography evaluates the structure of the tissues via X-rays, while thermography observes the function in terms of the metabolic activity of the
tissues. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, afflicting about 13% of women during their
lifetimes and killing 40,000 American women annually. It is the leading killer of women aged 35-54. Mammography detects disease in roughly 60-80% of women who have tumors. In women who have been taking hormone replacement therapy, the percentage can be lower due to the increased density of breast tissue caused by estrogen intake. Also, breast implants obscure the breast tissue, making mammograms less accurate.
While mammography has a high rate of false positives (an incorrect positive indication),
and detects only 60-80% of cancers—most of which have been growing for years—thermography is able to detect 90% of the malignancies with only 10% false
positives. A 1986 study reported in the journal Thermology (7) evaluated both thermography and mammography in their ability to detect breast cancer. The study included 4,716 women with confirmed cancer, 3,305 women with confirmed benign
breast disease, and 8,757 women who were non-cancerous. Physical examination detected 75% of all tumors (which is higher than normally observed), but only 50% under
two centimeters in size. Mammography detected 80% of the tumors two centimeters or smaller, but 27% of the detections were false positives. Thermography detected
88% including 85% under one centimeter, with only a 15% rate of false positives.
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In the 1950s, the military began to develop infrared systemsas a surveillance technique to monitor
nighttime troop movement. Most people are familiar with night vision technology, where a person’s body heat generates a visible image on a monitoring screen.
Similar technology is now used to detect tissue abnormality within the body. In 1982, the U.S. FDA approved thermography as an adjunct (additional, but secondary) screening procedure. 
Seventy percent of breast cancers occur in women who have no family history
of the disease, and 90% are diagnosed by palpation (physical examination involving touch). (1) By the time an
abnormality (lump) can be felt, it is likely the tumor has been growing for years, as most breast cancers take 8-10 years to grow to the size of one centimeter
[10 millimeters, or about 3/8 of an inch (0.375 inches)]. (2) After reaching this size, it typically takes
only 1.5 additional years to grow to the size of 3.5 cm (about 1.375 inches). (3) About 25% of women with
breast cancer die within five years and 40% die within 10 years of diagnosis. (4) 
As mentioned, by the time a mammogram is able to detect an abnormality, the tumor is likely to have been growing for years.
Thermography, on the other hand, is able to detect tissue abnormality in advance of the formation of a tumor. Even before tissue becomes cancerous, i.e.,
while it is still in a precancerous state, the metabolic activity increases in the potentially-problemed area in comparison to the surrounding tissue. As cells
begin to multiply abnormally, new blood vessel growth is necessary to deliver nutrients to the site and dispose of cellular wastes. This increase in blood circulation
produces an increase in regional surface heat which can be detected by the sensitive thermographic equipment. (5)
Therefore, even before the actual tumor develops, pre-cancerous tissue can be detected and a medical plan of action can be taken to treat the affected area, thus
enhancing the overall immunity of the patient. Even after a tumor begins to develop, cure rates can be increased if treated in the earliest stages.
(6) 
It also detects pre-cancerous tissue having increased metabolic activity, which registers as a relative increase in skin surface heat.
More than 800 peer-reviewed studies on breast thermography appear in the medical literature.
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