Sunday, April 15, 2012
Why Thermography is Often Misunderstood
Why Thermography Is Often Misunderstood
Thermography's biggest downfall is that it finds disease too soon. Because no other technology can "detect" what thermal imaging sees it is often labeled as a "false positive". Thermography however, was usually correct as the studies have shown. Most women were eventually diagnosed with breast cancer years after their positive thermogram. What if they had utilized this early warning system by making lifestyle changes? What if they could have turned the disease process around, thus preventing cancers ability to take hold? This is where the scientific and research community has failed thermal imaging.
Thermography = risk
Mammography = detection
Biopsy = diagnosis
No single method of breast screening is adequate enough to trust our health with. For best results a multi-modal approach should be used to keep our loved ones safe from this devastating disease. Remember over 80% of breast cancers are found by self or clinical breast examinations. What if there had been an early warning system, years earlier?
Karla Porter, R.T.(R)(CT),CTT
Insight Thermal Imaging, LLC
509-315-4154
Dr. William Amalu on Breast Thermography
Dr. William Amalu on Breast Thermography
Dr. William Amalu is the President of the International Academy of Clinical Thermology with an extensive history interpreting and writing published articles on the subject of thermography.
With over 800 peer- reviewed studies on well over 300,000 women, with some studies as long as 12 years....how do insurance companies come off with the label of "investigational and experimental"?
Breast thermography is simply a safe way to monitor breast health~
Karla Porter, R.T.(R)(CT), CTT
Insight Thermal Imaging, LLC
509-315-4154
Former Miss Venezuela Dies of Breast Cancer at 28
Former Miss Venezuela dies of breast cancer at 28
How tragic when the technology to screen over 95-percent of breast cancers lie in your hands.
Thermography and Mammograms... a one two punch that offers women the greatest defense. No one technology is accurate enough to trust your life with.
Thermography and Mammograms... a one two punch that offers women the greatest defense. No one technology is accurate enough to trust your life with.
The International Academy of Clinical Thermology can help you find a qualified center near you to provide this life saving technology.
Karla Porter, R.T.(R)(CT),CTT
Insight Thermal Imaging, LLC
509-315-4154
Our Daughters - By Karla Porter
Our Daughters
If you thought you had to wait until you are age 40+ or until you have a lump to start monitoring your breast health, you are wrong. Digital thermal imaging, aka thermography, is recommended to start at age 20. Breast cancer doesn't care what your age is.
Thermography is 100% safe for anyone, anytime. It is merely a picture of the heat emitted from the surface of your skin. There is no other test like it or that can see the physiology (function) as early as this technology. It can see disease years before any other tool available, thus giving you an opportunity for the first time to try and turn the disease process around before cancer has the ability to take hold.
There is no one tool available today that is 100% accurate by itself to trust your life with. We need to use every tool available to fight this horrific disease. To educate yourself better on this life saving technology visit www.iact-org.org for more information. What have you got to lose?
Karla Porter, R.T. (R)(CT), CTT
Insight Thermal Imaging, LLC
www.InsightThermography.com
509-315-4154
2nd Opinions On Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis
With as high as 25% overdiagnosed cases (as referred to in the Spokesman Review article published yesterday), from a study in Norway http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/apr/03/early-breast-cancer-of...isn't it time to educate ourselves better on what to do with a detected mass found by mammography?
Studies have shown that when combined: Thermography, mammography and clinical breast exams are detecting up to 95% of cancers accurately.
Karla Porter, R.T.(R)(CT),CTT
InsightThermography.com
509-315-4154
What is Breast Thermography and Why Should I Have One?
What is Breast Thermography and Why Should I Have One?
Traditional medicine has failed women. Because standard practice can detect disease after it's well developed. What angers me is that there is a simple test that can detect breast disease at it's earliest beinnings. Yet, for too many women this is an option they don't even know exists! Women we love are dying needlessly. The evidence is overwhelming. Thermography is 98% effective in detecting this horrific disease when blended with traditional medicine.
State of the art infrared systems are able to read functional changes in the breast at the beginning stages of angiogenesis - when the tumor begins to receive its own blood supply, before it can grow to size, and before malignant cells have a chance to spread. By pushing back "early detection" by years, women can choose alternative therapies to cure their own cancer without surgery, radiation, or chemotheraphy - accurately monitoring their progress all the while. What many American women are not aware of is the tragic fallacy of "early detection", as defined by the National Cancer Institute and conventional medicine in general. In 95% of cancer diagnoses, by the time a malignant tumor is able to be detected by physical examination or mammography, it has existed for eight years, and has already had ample opportunity to metastasize (spread to other parts of the body). By this time many women feel they have no choice but to undergo surgery, radiation, and chemotheraphy.
By detecting breast disease before a mass is formed with thermography, you have the opportunity to make lifestyle changes and help prevent cancer from taking hold in your body. It's the best risk assessment tool available. All women should be screening for breast disease with thermal imaging starting as early as age 20 or younger if indicated. Women over age 50 and women age 40 with a history of breast disease, should be having thermal imaging in addition to mammography and clinical breast exams to monitor their breast health. Mammography is not enough. We have all known or heard of the women who had a mammogram that either missed a mass, or prompted a biopsy that ended up negative. Thermography fills the gap. It is the ideal adjunct tool as the missing link. It offers you peace of mind...something we could all use more of.
Insight Thermal Imaging offers this life saving technology for yourself and those you love.
Visit our website to learn more about state-of-the-art digital thermal imaging.
Karla Porter, R.T.(R)(CT),CTT
509-315-4154
Beyond Pink - Non-Profit Fundraiser
Beyond Pink - Designer Bra Fashion Show
Breast cancer doesn't care about the color of your skin, it doesn't care what time of the year it is, and it doesn't care if you have insurance or not. Help us to help others in providing life saving diagnostics no matter what time of the year, no matter what your status is, and no matter if you have insurance or not. We want to save lives, and we need YOUR help! Beyond Pink Spokane - Designer Bra Fashion Show - Oct. 5, 2012, Masonic Center 5pm - 9pm www.beyondpink.net
Karla Porter, R.T.(R)(CT),CTT
Insight Thermal Imaging, LLC
Thermography vs Mammography - By Dr. Alycia Policani, N.D.
Thermography vs Mammography - Dr. Policani's Article - October's Breast Health Issue
Thermography vs. Mammography. What is the best option?
Concerns over breast cancer have crossed all of our minds, especially if you are a woman, at least once in our lives. We are constantly bombarded by images of women fighting breast cancer, pleas for donations by various organizations to combat the disease and have a whole month devoted to it stomping it out of existence. But what, if any, strides have truly been made to aid early detection or dare I say, prevent, this horrible disease in the past 10, 20 or even 30 years? It seems the medical community’s answer has been mammograms. Mammograms, mammograms, mammograms. But do they really aid in early detection? They certainly aren’t preventative and may even increase the risk of developing breast cancer if some claims can be believed. The fact of the matter is that mammography is a study of anatomy. It looks at breast structure. When a tumor has grown large enough (about 4 billion cells) and dense enough to block an x-ray beam, it produces an image on the x-ray plate and therefore can be detected by the radiologist. It takes years for a tumor to grow, so no, mammograms cannot aid in early detection. Thermography on the other hand, is a test of physiology. It does not look at anatomy or structure, it reads infra-red heat radiating from the surface of the body. The first use of thermography came in 1957 when R. Lawson discovered that skin temperature over a cancer in the breast was higher than that of normal tissue. Cancer cells produce something called angioneogenic factors which aid in establishing blood flow to the tumor. Increased blood flow means increased heat. Researchers have been searching for decades for a tool that can identify breast cancer quickly and reliably. The earlier the indication of abnormality, the earlier the intervention and treatment, leading to better outcomes. The issue is that neither mammography nor thermography can diagnose breast cancer. They are simply diagnostic tests that show a possible disease process and initiate further exploration. A large number of studies conducted on thousands of women around the world have proven thermography’s role in the early detection and monitoring of abnormal breast physiology and the establishment of risk factors that may lead to the development or existence of cancer. In the US, William Hobbins, MD, established in a study looking at 37, 050 women, a yield of 56 cancers per 1000 thermograms. This is compared to the BCDDP studies which yielded 5.6 cancers per 1000 mammograms. A large study in France found 73% accuracy in the diagnosis of 486 breast cancer patients using thermography. Worldwide retrospective studies have found thermograms were positive in a minimum of 71% and maximum of 93% of patients with breast cancer. An abnormal thermogram is 10 times more significant as a future risk indicator for breast cancer than first order family history of the disease. A persistent abnormal thermogram carries with it a 22x higher risk of future breast cancer. That all being said, mammograms and thermograms are not antagonistic. They are looking at structure and function, respectively. It’s comparing apples to oranges. They are not competitive procedures and it is the untrained clinician that views them as such. The procedures should be viewed as complementary and every woman should have both procedures yearly. As always, a combination of complementary and conventional medicine provides the best outcomes for the health of the patient. Because physiologic changes always predate structural changes, thermography has great potential for earlier detection of the disease. Thermography has undergone extensive research since the 1950’s and the FDA approved thermography as an adjunctive diagnostic breast cancer screening procedure in 1982. So again, the best aids we have currently available to us in the early detection of this disease are a combination of mammography and thermography yearly. And even more importantly, working with your physician on changing risk factors regarding lifestyle that can lead to the increased risk of developing breast cancer and therefore preventing the disease. What a concept. The research showing that thermography in combination with mammography aids in much greater sensitivity and detection of possible breast cancer has been there for over half a century. So why isn’t our health insurance paying for the procedure? Why don’t we see constant commercials to get our routine mammogram and thermogram every year? Good questions that I don’t know how to answer. It is unconscionable that women are prevented from having this possibly life saving diagnostic procedure because they can’t afford to pay out of pocket for it. It’s time for us to be proactive ladies. We need to demand that we have access to the best possible diagnostic procedures for the early detection of this awful disease. Many foundations and organizations have been obtaining and spending billions looking for a cure and in all this time, they are not even close.
Dr. Alycia Policani graduated from Eastern Washington University in 1996, with a B.S. in Human Biology and went on to National College of Naturopathic Medicine, where she achieved her doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine in 2000. She has ten years of experience in private practice as sole proprietor of Evergreen Naturopathic. Dr. Policani practices as a primary care physician with emphasis on women's health, menopause, and thyroid disease; using science based natural medicine. Dr. Policani grew up in Spokane, pursuing many outdoor activities that allowed her to develop a deep appreciation for nature, ultimately leadng her down the path to naturopathic medicine. When she is not at the office you can find her horseback riding, gardening, hiking or traveling with her husband and son.
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