Breast Thermography in the Lehigh Valley: safer than mammogram and detects pre-cancerous changes.
Lehigh Valley, PA -- October 5, 2009 -- Azani Medical Spa in Bethlehem, www.AzaniMedicalSpa.com, is announcing the launch of breast thermography services.
Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among American women between the ages of 44 and 55. Mammography is not as effective and safe as widely thought. About 70 percent of all positive mammograms do not, upon biopsy, show any presence of cancer. At the same time, mammograms also have a high rate of missed tumors, or "false negatives." Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, in his book, The Politics of Cancer, claims that in women ages 40 to 49, one in four instances of cancer is missed at each mammography. Mammography also carries radiation risks. According to Russell L. Blaylock, MD, one estimate is that annual radiological breast exams increase the risk of breast cancer by two percent a year. So over 10 years the risk will have increased 20 percent.
Breast thermography is radiation free, non-invasive, FDA approved, relatively inexpensive, and detects early, potentially reversible physiologic changes associated with later development of breast cancer. “The potential to detect pre-cancerous changes is the real value of thermography” says Dr. Monica Gavin. “Early detection of tumors is not really prevention. True prevention is about identifying women, or more specifically breasts, that are at risk for developing tumors, and thermography does just that.”
The abnormalities thermography detects (like hyperthermia suggestive of inflammation and angiogenesis; metabolic changes suggestive of hormone imbalances) are correctable through nutritional and lifestyle interventions.
Patients wishing to obtain more information or book their thermography can go to http://www.azanimedicalspa.com/wellness-services/Breast_Thermography
Dr. Monica Carezani Gavin
Azani Medical Spa
3101 Emrick Blvd. Suite 201
Bethlehem PA 18020
610-625-3000
info@AzaniMedicalSpa.com
www.AzaniMedicalSpa.com
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