Thermography?

Anonymous

Thermography?

Anonymous

Anyone heard of Thermography? We just had a new clinic open that offers thermography which in the add they claim it may detect a issue 5-10 years prior to what a mammo would.

Anonymous

Has anyone gone for this??? What do you know about it? Is it reliable? Do any doctors believe in it's use to detect BC????

Anonymous

I was under the impression that it's an "alternative therapy" type of thing.

I could be wrong though.

My onco. orders a pet scan when he wants to see internal images of me. At this point, I'll stick with his program.

AlaskaDeb

We have a clinic here that does it too.  My Onc said it is "worthless".  She had a patient who had advance cancer that she was able to ignore becasue the thermal image said she was fine.  She ignored it for 2 years before seeing an MD.  I would not bother.

Just my opinion,

Deb C

FEB

I am seriously considering going the Thermography route next month instead of my 6 mo. mammo. The thought of smashing my breast and exposure to more radation, really upsets me. I called the doctor, recommended by my holistic chiro,  and he answered all my questions patiently. He has been doing this in Chicago for over 10 years. He said that they are now doing a study at Northwestern and Rush Hospitals in Chicago, both very well known and respected in cancer care. Even if you do not live in the Chicago area, his web site gives a lot of great info. His website is drnick.net. He says that the reason it is not the norm is because of one study in the 80's with poorly trained techs and the fact that hospitals have so much money in mammo equipment, and it is so profitable that they won't change.If the tech is well trained, he says that it is just as accurate as mammos, without the pain and exposure. I am sold, so if you want to wait around until mid May, after I get mine, I will let you all know how it goes.

Anonymous

I've heard arguments on both sides, for & against the reliability of thermograms. Unfortunately, we just don't have enough research results to make an informed decision. My own onc team doesn't recommend the procedure, but would probably consider doing so if the evidence were strongly in favor of its diagnostic value. So, since the jury is still out on the issue I, for one, won't trust my very fate to an unproven technology. I just can't take that chance but, of course, each woman needs to make her own decision on the issue.

~Marin

Anonymous

Ah yes, the old "conventional treatment is profitable that's why they don't use this UNPROVEN method" argument. It's the hallmark of  quackery.

If something works, it can be done profitably. The reason no major hospital uses it, is that it hasn't been proven to work. 

Anonymous

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P.S Just try it its natural - it wont hurt.

Beesie

To anyone newly diagnosed or currently going through treatment, just my suggestion but I think it's probably best to ignore the above post from MikeyBB (and his 25 other identical posts from this evening).  There are no miracle cancer cures.

Elora

Actually, in the U.S. the FDA approved breast thermography back in the mid-80s.  It's technology has vastly improved since then as well, and it can help detect breast cancer up to 8 to 10 years before diagnosis and is not intended to replace mammography but to work with it.  Also, it does not purport to be a miracle tool.  (Mammography is neither fool-proof as well and I know of women who were diagnosed late stage because it too missed the mark.)  Breast thermography is the main diagnostic tool used in Europe and, unlike mammography with its radiation concerns and possible bursting of cancer pockets and spread within a breast, there it is none of this with thermography.

Anonymous

Yeah, good luck with that.

Elora

Oh luck has nothing to do with it.  Just good old science.  The European medical community doesn't have aggressive, protectionist radiologist unions working against its medical infrastructure, and appreciates the life-saving value of mammography and FDA-approved breast thermography working hand in hand.

Anonymous

I'm kind of enjoying good new science myself. I have much more faith in modern technology than in imaging that's recommended by quacks such as the Hippocrates Institute, a collection of charlatans who suck the money out of frightened and desperately ill people.

I'd love to know how thermography can detect a cancer 5 years before it has started. It must be predictive, that a healthy cell is going to 'go bad' in 5 years. 'Cause my cancer, it was there for less than 2 years.