s a high risk rate may want to avoid.
This is just some of the info women, who are trying to prevent breast cancer, will have to take into consideration as they change their lifestyles for prevention.
Of course it would be best if everyone adopted these lifestyle changes to prevent not only cancer but other illnesses as well, but most of us need a red light warning to make these changes. At least with Thermography we get that warning and have time to make those changes.
The Test Itself The test is done at a clinic that has Thermographic Imaging. The breasts are photographed behind a curtain. There is no need for any physical contact.
You will first need to wait 15 minutes bare chested to adjust to the temperature of the room. You are either alone or can bring a companion with you. I recommend bringing a book to read while waiting
The test itself takes only a few minutes. Results are analyzed and later sent.
Thermography in Israel At this time Thermographic Imaging of the breasts is only available privately.
The price of the test is 700 NIS including a report and images on a CD. Payment may be made in up to 3 installments.
I can't emphasize enough the importance of doing this test once a year to safeguard your health.
Mammography Mammograms have recently made the news due to the publication last month of the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force's change in guidelines for routine screening for breast cancer. Based on analysis of existing trials that looked at how mammography screening effected breast cancer related deaths, the task force now recommends that women only over the age of 50 be routinely screened every 2 years. This is a great change from the guidelines that recommended women be screened from the age of 40.
This has caused a great rift in the medical world. Many doctors feel that having routine mammograms from age 40 can save the lives of many women due to early detection. On the other hand there are those who feel that the danger of being exposed to radiation for those extra 10 years can be more harmful 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,