Breast Thermography ans Cancer Risk Prediction

Author(s): Gros, M.

Journal/Book: Cancer. 1980; 45: 51-56.

Abstract: From approximately 58,000 patients, a group of 1,245 women between the ages of 32 and 53 years was carefully followed during a twelve year period because of a questionable thermogram, stage Th III, and the results are presented.Following initial physical and x-ray examinations, as well as ultrasonic studies when indicated, a diagnosis of normal breasts was established in 784 women and benign mastopathy in 461. Subsequently malignancy was confirmed histologically in 38% of the normal group and 44% of the women with benign mastopathy. This remarkably high rate of cancer development in women with abnormal thermograms emphasizes the risk associated with thermal abnormality.Breast cancer can produce alterations in the mammary thermal pattern prior to clinical and mammographic changes, and lesions with a rapid growth rate and less favorable prognosis can be detected earlier if thermographic studies are used in conjunction with classical physical and x-ray examinations.A program for the management of patients with Th III thermograms is suggested.

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