As always - its going to be your choice– but don’t forget you need a baseline at some point
and its very important if you have a higher than normal RISK.

Thermography helps to determine those at RISK for breast cancer. Along with your
physical and family history - your thermogram can provide insight into your
breast health.  A thermogram and a baseline structural study are a combination
to think about if you have concerns.  Thermography is a non-contact, non-invasive way
to monitor breast health. Its ideal for all women — all ages. Especially young women with
dense breast tissue.

If you have questions - let me know.
Keep “thinking thermally”, as my friends at Snell Infrared say.

http://www.acr.org/s_acr/doc.asp?CID=2540&DID;=25984
MRI Doubles the Number of Cancers Detected in the Opposite Breast of
Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

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This is a welcomed article, considering that an overwhelming number of physicians maintain and promote quite the opposite position.? A patient who came for a thermal scan to evaluate her physiology, commented that her surgeon was angry when she wanted to ?build her immune system? before committing to surgery for recently diagnosed breast cancer.? This surgeon was adamant that she not wait and building her immune system would not benefit her.? Obviously she felt it would help her in the long run.? But new evidence shows us that we need to evaluate the level of inflammation to determine the best course of action.

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Dr. MacDonald comments that there are two schools of thought concerning immunity.? He refers to this as ?friend or foe?? ?Immune response to invasive tumor growth is highly nuanced; certain immune-defense patterns limit tumor progression, even in advanced disease.? Nevertheless, immunoreactive cells around the tumor (primarily part of the innate immune reaction) more likely are acting in malevolent alliance with malignant cells than exerting a defensive posture.? We are not helped when suppression cures to control the innate response are ineffectual and the system remains in the ?on? position.? Evidence that this is happening includes the following.

Tumor-associated macrophages produce angiogenic factors and tissue proteases that promote development of the tumor blood supply and infiltration.

Stromal factors surrounding a tumor commonly promote an M2 macrophage reaction? ie, one that does not involve an attack on the tumor. Rather, it is associated with a decreased M1 macrophage response, which may interfere with antitumor immunity.?

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Dr. MacDonald goes on to say ?chronic inflammation often acts as a tumor promoter, resulting in aggressive cancerous growth and spread.? Many of the same inflammatory factors promoting tumors also are responsible for the devastating symptoms that bedevil patients and their families, reducing quality of life and limiting independent function.?

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Seeing this article improved my level of confidence when promoting thermal imaging.? Although many physicians are still ?playing old tapes? when it comes to knowledge of thermal imaging ? ?old technology ? nonspecific etc., etc.? they are not thinking of what the potential thermal patterns can provide them.?

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No disease is diagnosed with thermography.? Similarly ? no disease is truly diagnosed with an x-ray.? There is often suspicion of the ?presence? of disease, but biopsy is needed to confirm.?? Sadly when physicians only rely on structural imaging ? there can be consequences.? A practitioner I met recently told me about a patient ? who following treatment exhibited no thermal signal.? The MRI, however, was detecting ?something?.? They elected to proceed with removal of the breast based on the MRI.? When the breast tissue was x-rayed following removal (a common procedure) there was no cancer present. It becomes a difficult situation.? If physiology says there is no action ? do you wait and follow or do you proceed with a ?safe? alternative?? This woman will now statistically become one of those ?cured?.? But actually ? had benefited from the therapy ? and surgery at that point was excessive action.? Some would argue for ?better safe than sorry? and claim that in time the cancer would return. Sad that they second guess their own therapy.

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Infrared imaging can easily detect the presence of inflammation.? It then becomes the job of the practitioner to determine the location and level of response.? But if we totally ignore the inflammatory markers that thermal detection displays ? are we not missing more than half the story?? Significant heat signals are not only an indication of action ? they also play a role in prognosis.? If markers are not ?cooled? following the various therapies ? the chance of recurrent or still present disease is significant.? If thermal scans demonstrate a significant heat asymmetry (greater than 3 degrees ?and often 6 degrees or more) then the signal is telling us this is aggressive.? It should be considered in the type and action of therapy.? Similarly if thermal signals ?turn down or off? then one should be encouraged that the appropriate action has been taken.?