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Review Integr Cancer Ther. 2009 Mar;8(1):9-16. doi: 10.1177/1534735408326171.

A comparative review of thermography as a breast

cancer screening technique
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Deborah A Kennedy  1 , Tanya Lee, Dugald Seely

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PMID: 19223370 DOI: 10.1177/1534735408326171
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Abstract
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer of women in North America. Despite advances
in treatment that have reduced mortality, breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer National Library of Medicine
induced death. Several well established tools are used to screen for breast cancer including clinical 8600 Rockville Pike
breast exams, mammograms, and ultrasound. Thermography was first introduced as a screening tool Bethesda, MD 20894
in 1956 and was initially well accepted. However, after a 1977 study found thermography to lag
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behind other screening tools, the medical community lost interest in this diagnostic approach. This
review discusses each screening tool with a focus brought to thermography. No single tool provides FOIA

excellent predictability; however, a combination that incorporates thermography may boost both Privacy

sensitivity and specificity. In light of technological advances and maturation of the thermographic Help
industry, additional research is required to confirm the potential of this technology to provide an Accessibility
effective non-invasive, low risk adjunctive tool for the early detection of breast cancer. Careers

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