BENIGN BREAST DISORDERS
- Calcifications
Calcifications are tiny flecks of calcium — like grains of salt — in the soft tissue of the breast that can sometimes indicate the presence of an early breast cancer. Calcifications usually can't be felt, but they appear on a mammogram. Depending on how they're clustered and their shape, size, and number, your doctor may want to do further tests. Big calcifications — "macrocalcifications" — are usually not associated with cancer. Groups of small calcifications huddled together, called "clusters of microcalcifications," are associated with extra breast cell activity. Most of the time this is non-cancerous extra cell growth, but sometimes clusters of microcalcifications can occur in areas of early cancer.
THERMOGRAPHY cannot test for calcification, it is seen by Mammograms only.
However, Thermography can indicate the risk factors whether your breast is benign or abnormal, based on the thermal activities in the breast tissue, measured during the Thermography medical analysis.
- Cysts
Unlike cancerous tumors which are solid, cysts are fluid-filled masses in the breast. Cysts are very common, and are rarely associated with cancer. Thermography will indicate the risk factors whether your breast is benign or abnormal.
- Fibroadenomas
Fibroadenomas are movable, solid, rounded lumps made up of normal breast cells. While not cancerous, these lumps may grow. And any solid lump that's getting bigger is usually removed to make sure that it's not a cancer. Fibroadenomas are the most common kind of breast mass, especially in young women.
Thermography is an excellent test for that disorder to indicate the risk factors whether your breast is benign or abnormal. Especially for young breasts that are hard to image otherwise.
We recommend routine Thermography screening for women with a history of multiple cysts. If your Thermography image is changing, we add ultrasound or MRI or mammogram to make sure that nothing had been missed. If you have cysts, get tested with Thermography to assess your risk factors safely without radiation.