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In 1982, the FDA approved breast thermography as an adjunctive
diagnostic breast cancer screening procedure.
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Over 800 peer-reviewed studies on breast thermography exist in the
index-medicus literature.
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Well over 300,000 women have been included as study participants,
and some of these studies have followed patients up to 12 years.
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Breast infrared imaging has an average sensitivity and specificity
of 90%.
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An abnormal infrared image is 10 times more significant as a
future risk indicator for breast cancer than a first order family
history.
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An abnormal infrared image is the single most important marker of
high risk for developing breast cancer.
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Breast thermography has the ability to detect the first signs that
a cancer may be forming - up to 10 years before any other procedure
can detect it.
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When used as part of a multimodal approach (clinical examination +
mammography + thermography), 95% of early stage cancers may be
detected.
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