What can thermography provide that mammograms can ?
Because mammograms detect structural changes, a lump or mass of a size detectable on X-ray is already present in breast tissue by the time a problem is found. The next step is further investigation by ultrasound and/or biopsy to diagnose the nature of the lump or mass, and to make treament decisions. At this point, it is often too late to implement preventive strategies alone and medical intervention is the norm or treatment. In comparison, breast thermography detects functional changes in breast tissue before tumours form and when the tumours are too small to be detected with X-rays. This is done without radiation, compression, contact or needles. Unlike mammograms, thermography can be used for women of all ages and with all types of breast tissue: young, dense pregnant, breastfeeding, pre- and post-menopausal, fibrocystic, with breast implants, and when on HRT. Because breast thermography is particularly useful during early phases of rapid tumour growth that is not yet detectable by
