Who should have a thermogram?
All women can benefit from breast thermography screening. It is especially appropriate for younger women (30 – 50) whose denser breast tissue makes it more difficult for mammography to pick up suspicious lesions. Also for women of all ages who, for many reasons, are unable to undergo routine mammography. For example, women with a history of fibrocystic breast disease, women with cosmetic breast implants, women with small breast tissue, women who cannot or do not want exposure to x-ray radiation, women with unusually sensitive breasts may find great reassurance and comfort with a thermogram reading. This test can provide a ‘clinical marker’ to the doctor or mammographer that a specific area of the breast needs particularly close examination. It is recommended that since cancer typically has a 15 year life span from onset to death, that women begin thermographic screenings at age 25. The number one killer of women ages 40-44 is breast cancer, therefore a woman diagnosed with breast cance
Thermography can be utilized by all women, all shapes, all sizes and all ages. It is not limited by breast density and is ideal for women who have had cosmetic or reconstructive surgery, women with large or small breasts, a history of fibrocystic breast disease, and women with dense breast tissue.
