THE EARLIEST SIGNS THAT A BREAST CANCER MAY BE DEVELOPING
It takes 8-10 years for the average breast cancer tumor to grow to the size of a dime. Breast thermography may be the first signal that such a possibility is developing.
INDIVIDUALIZED BREAST CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT
Are you personally at greater risk for breast cancer?
Women with a family history are definitely at greater risk, but 75% of women who get breast cancer have no family history of the disease. Regardless of your family history, if a thermogram is abnormal you run a future risk of breast cancer that is 10 times higher than a first order family history of the disease. Thermography has the ability to provide women with a future risk assessment. If discovered, certain thermographic risk markers can warn a woman that she needs to work with her doctor to improve her breast health. Monitoring with thermography, mammography, physician examinations, and other tests in combination will look for improvements with time or possibly the earliest signs that a problem may exist.
A POSSIBLE ROLE IN BREAST CANCER PREVENTION
Is there a hormone imbalance in your breasts?
Since the single greatest risk factor for the development of breast cancer is lifetime exposure to estrogen, normalizing the balance of the hormones in the breast may be the first and most significant step in prevention. Certain thermographic signs may suggest an estrogen dominance in the breasts. If these thermal indications are found, along with other positive tests, treatment of this condition may play an important role in prevention. Using this information, in combination with other tests, a woman's doctor can work towards balancing the hormones in the breasts.
NON-INVASIVE IMAGING FOR YOUNGER WOMEN
Do you know that 23% of all breast cancers occur in women under 49?
This is the most common cancer in women in this age group. Breast cancers in younger women are usually more aggressive and have poorer survival rates. Breast thermography offers younger women a non-invasive (no radiation and painless) addition to their regular breast health check-ups beginning with baseline screening at age 20.
