ul and may increase the chances of a woman developing cancer.
Much of the arguments against routine Mammograms are based on an analysis report published by two Swedish researchers in the prestigious British medical journal Lancet in 2001.
Mammography was created in Sweden and this country has the longest recorded data on which the researchers based their analysis. Their conclusion was that there is virtually no benefit from mammograms for women under the age of 55:
Interpretation: Screening for breast cancer with mammography is unjustified. If the Swedish trials are judged to be unbiased, the data show that for every 1000 women screened biennially throughout 12 years, one breast-cancer death is avoided whereas the total number of deaths is increased by six. If the Swedish trials (apart from the Malmö trial) are judged to be biased, there is no reliable evidence that screening decreases breast-cancer mortality.
How are woman to decide when to begin having routine mammograms and how often to have a routine mammogram with this conflict in information? Adding Thermography Imaging to a woman's routine screening is the perfect way to cover all the bases.
Can you really rely only on a Mammogram? Last month two clients who came to me for Reflexology had just discovered they had breast cancer.
The first woman had routine mammograms twice a year (due to lumpy breast tissue). She had her last mammogram 5 months earlier, but there was no detection of breast cancer. She ended up discovering a lump herself and is now undergoing radiation therapy.
My second client had a mammogram a year earlier. Once her breast cancer was discovered, the doctors went back to look at her mammogram and realized that the cancer was evident, but her mammogram was analyzed incorrectly.
So – do you really want to only rely only on a mammogram to detect breast cancer?
Future Hopefully, in the future, Thermographic Imaging of the breast will be a routine test, covered by insurance and available in hospitals. In fact, one of the clients mentioned above, after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, was tested at one of the hospitals in Israel with Thermographic Imaging to test the validity of this type of screening for detecting breast cancer. The test did show that she had high risk rate for cancer – but unfortunately for her it was too late to do something about it. She underwent surgery and is about to begin a very intense protocol of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Please don't wait until Thermographic Imaging of the breast will be covered by your insurance. Pay for it privately and make an appointment today. This is one test where time is really of the essence to save lives.
Special thanks to Dr. Ami Eyal, who patiently answered all of my many questions. Oran Aviv, a senior Reflexologist since 1995, has been helping adults and children stay healthy for over 15 years. Oran teaches basic Hand Reflexology workshops all across the country, showing people how to literally, put their health in their own hands. To have Oran teach your group or to arrange a Reflexology and consultation session email her at firstname.lastname@example.org or click here.
1 These statistics are from the American College of Surgeons National Cancer Data Base and are based on patients diagnosed from 1995-1998. These figures represent a five or more year survival rate of breast cancer. Death may have occurred from another cause. http://cancer.about.com/od/breastcancer/f/survivalrate.htm
4 The USPSTF recommends biennial screening mammography for women aged 50 to 74 years Grade: B recommendation. The decision to start regular, biennial screening mammography before the age of 50 years should be an individual one and take patient context into account, including the patient's values regarding specific benefits and harms. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/USpstf/uspsbrca.htm