Worried about the risk of breast cancer due to mammogram radiation? Thermographic breast screening (also known as thermal imaging camera screening or thermography) is a safer and less invasive way to check for breast cancer. It may even be more effective for early detection, without the risks of a mammogram or ultrasound.
Mammogram Increases Risk of Breast Cancer
Mammograms are widely used for breast cancer screening and early detection, but despite their widespread acceptance in medical treatment and prevention of cancer, they are seriously flawed as a diagnostic test.
Mammograms are known for yielding a high rate of false positives (as high as 6%), leading to unnecessary biopsies and stress. They also deliver a high dose of ionizing radiation, widely known to be a factor that contributes to cancer.
A report by Dr. Samuel Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, and Dr. Rosalie Barr of International Physicians of Humanitarian Medicine, highlights the risks of these tests and their overuse. "Routine mammography delivers an unrecognized high dose of radiation," its press release announces. "If a woman follows the current guidelines for premenopausal screening, over a 10-year period she would receive a total dosage of about five rads. This approximates the level of exposure to radiation of a Japanese woman one mile from the epicenter of atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki."
Safer Screening for Breast Cancer
According to the New York Times article "Screening Policy Won't Change, U.S. Officials Say" dated November 19, 2009, the risks and benefits of mammography are still hotly debated in the medical community, along with the age and frequency with which women should have these tests done. But what's the alternative?
Most women only know about mammogram ultrasounds, but there is a safer option. It's called thermographic breast screening, and relies on temperature scans to identify unusual areas in breast tissue. Because it reads infrared heat coming off the body, there's no radiation involved in this test.
Breast Cancer Early Detection and Prevention
What's more, this type of screening is even more effective than mammography for early detection of cancer: where traditional testing can only find a tumor once it reaches a certain size, thermography can identify problem areas that may develop a tumor, before the growth has even begun.
This kind of information allows people who are at risk to learn more about how to prevent breast cancer, and to clean up their health before a pre-cancerous condition develops into a full-fledged tumor – a window of time that may make the difference between life and death and prevent long years of painful treatment.
Interested in learning more about thermography? Ask your doctor or naturopath for more information about this new breast cancer test.
Sources:
Mercola, Joseph, "The Cancer Test That's a Death Trap …" Mercola.com, 2 September 2010.
Sack, Kevin and Gina Kolata, "Screening Policy Won't Change, U.S. Officials Say," The New York Times, NYTimes.com, 19 November 2009.
World Wire, "Risks of Mammography: Hidden Role of the American Cancer Society," World-Wire.com, 29 November 2009.
Victoria Anisman-Reiner - Victoria Anisman-Reiner is a freelance writer with extensive experience in holistic health care and animal training.
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