What's the Answer to Breast Cancer
There are many experts with ideas and arguments on this issue. However, there are certain findings that should be kept in mind regarding breast cancer.
- Early detection holds the key to survival - especially if we can identify women who have high-risk infrared imaging (breast thermography) markers.
- Mortality rates will go unchanged if earlier detection methods are not employed.
- There is currently no one test or procedure that is solely adequate for breast cancer screening.
- Keep the obvious risk factors under control (smoking, alcohol, weight, estrogen use).
- Maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle.
- Lifetime exposure to estrogen is the single greatest risk factor for the future development of breast cancer. Breast thermography is the only known procedure that can detect increased estrogen activity in the breast. Using thermography to monitor the effectiveness of treatments directed at normalizing hormone balance in the breasts may play a significant role in prevention.
- Digital Infrared Imaging and mammography are complementary procedures, one test does not replace the other. When DII is combined with mammography, a 61% increase in survival rate has been realized.
- A multimodal (clinical examinations + mammography + thermography) approach needs to be taken if true early detection is to be realized. If treated in the earliest detected stages, breast cancer cure rates greater than 95% are possible.
What can be done now?
Since the absolute prevention of breast cancer has not become a reality as of yet, efforts must be directed at extremely early detection. As the earliest known warning system, Digital Infrared Imaging gives a woman an added test that significantly increases the chance for early detection.
In many cases, DII has the ability to offer this warning 8-10 years before a tumor can be detected by any other method.
In the absence of other positive tests, an abnormal infrared image gives a woman an early warning that a pathological process may be occurring. By maintaining close monitoring of her breast health with serial infrared imaging, self breast exams, clinical examinations, and other tests, a woman has a much better chance of detecting cancer at its earliest stage and preventing invasive tumor growth.
If a woman's thermographic images suggest a relative progesterone deficiency (estrogen dominance), treatment of this condition may play a significant role in prevention. Since the single greastest 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. Breast thermography is the only known procedure that can detect estrogen dominance and monitor the effectiveness of treatments directed at normalizing the hormone balance in the breasts.
As one of the frontline tests for early detection, modern use of DII (Breast Thermography) offers a great deal of hope for the preservation of the breast and the future survival of women.
Sources:
Index Medicus – ACS, NEJM, JNCI, Lancet, BMJ, J Breast
Index Medicus – Cancer, AJOG, Thermology
Text – Atlas of Mammography: New Early Signs in Breast Cancer
Text – Biomedical Thermology
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