I posted on my Instagram Business Page recently about thermography and breast scans.
‘A normal thermal breast scan. As you can see, many areas are looked at – neck and shoulders, chest and underarms, the whole of the breasts, unseen lymph nodes between the breasts are checked.’
I received a comment from someone asking if thermography scan results were reliable.
Below you can see the comment and my response:
‘A friend of my had a thermogram because she had a lump that and it showed no problems but the nhs breast clinic then took a biopsy and diagnosed breast cancer. How reliable are the scans please?’
Your friend did the right thing by getting a further investigation. On all thermogram reports in the advisory section it says:
‘Thermography will not show any cancers from a structural or pathological perspective.’
Also : ‘Any lumps and any changes should be clinically evaluated promptly, regardless of thermal findings.
Breast thermography should not replace standard of care testing such as mammography, ultrasound and clinical
examination when indicated, but can be a valuable adjunct in the evaluation of breast health.
Thermography only represents breast physiology, and as such, is not a replacement for mammography or other
conventional imaging modalities at prescribed intervals or as clinically indicated.’
Thermographic scans are 83% reliable in breast scans, as 17% of lumps are thermographically silent. The lumps are silent because they are fully grown and do not have a blood feed (angiogenesis) and become a structure. Thermographic scans are unable to see structure therefore it cannot see a fully formed breast cancer lump because it does not have a blood feed. This is what the mammogram is used for; or whatever NHS investigation the doctor uses. (“(Source: multiple published studies including comparative reviews of thermography and mammography sensitivity)”
Mammograms are 84% reliable according to research.
Thermograms can detect changes in breast tissue as early as two years of the cancer forming. The thermologist can see the difference between a cystic lump and a cancerous formation by the patterns of the heat.
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