Thermography is a breast cancer detection method which claims to help you to detect cancer up to ten years earlier than any other method. Working through infrared, thermography clearly shows any abnormalities within the breast by using the heat from your body. So does it work and just how common is it?

Breast Thermography

There are different types of thermography but medical thermography is used to detect any abnormalities in the body. The thermography detects these abnormalities by detecting the heat within our bodies. That heat will show up as different colors and any cancerous cells will also show up in a different color.

If you take a look at thermography sites you will see pictures of breast thermography and you may even be able to find a breast thermography video too. That will give a detailed view on how the method actually works. The leading company dealing with thermography is ‘Flir’ and they offer the best imaging system throughout the World.

If you are going to have breast thermography, always ensure that the person doing the procedure has undertaken thermography training. One particular thermography case study includes a patient going to an untrained thermographer and coming away thinking that they have the all clear when in fact they do actually have breast cancer. Now this is an extreme case study but it could happen and that is why it is so important to check if your thermographer is fully trained.

One advantage of this method is that there are no effects of distance on thermography. It does not matter how far away you are, thermography can still find the cancer. However saying that, obviously when you undergo this method you will be in the same room and you will be close enough for the thermography to work properly.

Overall breast thermography is successful and many women swear by this method for catching breast cancer early. If you have any further questions regarding the method, your doctor should be able to tell you a little more and refer you to somebody who will be able to run through the method with you. The main thing that makes thermography different is that it does not necessarily find the tumour itself; it can find the increased blood vessel circulation which leads to cancer. So overall it is definitely a method, which detects the earliest possible breast cancer symptoms, and it may be worth finding out more if you are worried about your health.