BOLD DECISIONS COULD AVOID UNNECESSARY TREATMENTS
IMPORTANT UPDATE
In an terview on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on October 29th 2014, the Director of the U.K. National Screening Committee, Dr. Margaret McCartney, cast doubt on the benefits of screening. She confirmed the fact that screening, especially breast screening, often shows up benign abnormalities that would never have caused problems in the lifetime of the person concerned and in such cases intervention would be totally unnecessary.
In an terview on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme on October 29th 2014, the Director of the U.K. National Screening Committee, Dr. Margaret McCartney, cast doubt on the benefits of screening. She confirmed the fact that screening, especially breast screening, often shows up benign abnormalities that would never have caused problems in the lifetime of the person concerned and in such cases intervention would be totally unnecessary.
LATEST TECHNOLOGY : THERMOGRAPHY
A safe alternative to mammography that is gaining popularity is thermography. This technology measures the infra-red heat emitted by the body and translates the information into thermal images. It does not require mechanical compression of the breast or ionizing radiation and can detect signs of physiological changes due to inflammation so that the underlying cause of the inflammation can be addressed before more serious conditions have time to develop. There is also a 3-D ultrasound in the newest technology that uses no radiation whatsoever and can report cysts filled with fluid, solid tumours and cellular changes that need attention. A new machine called Sofia developed in the past few years has proven to have zero false positives in diagnosing tumours.
Of course, there will be the inevitable backlash from organizations that promote mammograms, anxious not to lose credibility. However thermography when correctly used by qualified technicians has a proven record and cannot harm.
Contacts for thermography clinics in the UK can be found on the internet under the reference for Thermography.
A safe alternative to mammography that is gaining popularity is thermography. This technology measures the infra-red heat emitted by the body and translates the information into thermal images. It does not require mechanical compression of the breast or ionizing radiation and can detect signs of physiological changes due to inflammation so that the underlying cause of the inflammation can be addressed before more serious conditions have time to develop. There is also a 3-D ultrasound in the newest technology that uses no radiation whatsoever and can report cysts filled with fluid, solid tumours and cellular changes that need attention. A new machine called Sofia developed in the past few years has proven to have zero false positives in diagnosing tumours.
Of course, there will be the inevitable backlash from organizations that promote mammograms, anxious not to lose credibility. However thermography when correctly used by qualified technicians has a proven record and cannot harm.
Contacts for thermography clinics in the UK can be found on the internet under the reference for Thermography.