How many women have been clinically tested with Digital Infrared BreastScan?
Development of BreastScan started in 1999, and since that time has tested over 2,500 women in clinical trials. These clinical tests took place in two mammography facilities, and one oncology center, over the years spanning 1999 to the present. The women, ranging in age from 35 to 80 years were included in these studies. They comprised three groups; those believed cancer free, those with newly discovered cancer, and those who previously had a diagnoses of cancer. The first group consisted of approximately 2,300 women with no known cancer (presumed normal). The second group was comprised of approximately 100 women with newly detected, biopsy proven cancer, and the third group included approximately 70 women who underwent treatment (includes any combination of surgical, chemo or radiation) for proven malignancy 0 to 10 years previously. Included in the cancer cases, were three cases undetectable by mammography alone and were found only on ultrasound examination. Various types of malignanc
