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Lumpy breasts.






   

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Ultrasound,







   

[EllaC]

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Thermography

Pic one - normal. Pic two - Fibrositc breast. Pic Three - tumour.

A new much safer approach than Mammograms and can detect tumours up to 10 years before other methods of cancer detection.

What is Breast Thermography?


Breast thermography is a 15 minute non invasive test of physiology. It is a valuable procedure for alerting your doctor to changes that can indicate early stage breast disease.

The benefit of breast thermography is that it offers the opportunity of earlier detection of breast disease than has been possible through breast self examination, doctor examination or mammography alone.

Thermography can detect the subtle physiologic changes that accompany breast pathology, whether it is cancer, fibrocystic disease, an infection or a vascular disease. Your doctor can then plan accordingly and lay out a careful program to further diagnose and /or MONITOR you during and after any treatment.

[EllaC]

Thermography isn't cheap at a guess but a less invasive approach and possibly suited to women with smaller breasts/younger women vs the breast squashing machine

[Lotus]

Thermography isn't cheap at a guess but a less invasive approach and possibly suited to women with smaller breasts/younger women vs the breast squashing machine

Ella, thanks for the contribution. That's interesting, more info should be listed about Thermography then.

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Have this one in the Endo-Section and thought it should follow-up on fibrocystic breasts

Fibrocystic Breasts

If your familiar with Fibrocystic breasts or FBD, which is characterized by lumpiness and pain in the breast(s), the lumps are described as small masses or cysts. The condition is common and usually not cancerous, but occurs mostly in women between the ages of 30 to 50 yrs. old. And often related to hormonal changes from the menstrual cycle, obstructed ducts, inflammation and infection.

Some of the pain caused by FBD gets so bad just by brushing up against them causes severe pain and often is unbearable. Lumps are described as smooth with defined edges and free moving. Lumps are often located around the outer edges and underarm.

All lumps shouldn't be dismissed as benign and should be checked by a doctor.

Available treatments

• Cutting caffeine and avoiding stress as much as possible has been suggested.
  

• However having cysts drained has been problematic for some, (meaning it's on
  going).

• Adequate bra support
  

• Anti-imflammatory medications
  

• Vitamin E
  

• EPO-Evening Primrose Oil
  

• Tamoxifen- (in short duration) known side effects though
  

It's been reported that a small % of Fibrocystic breast condition involved changes that could be risk factors for breast cancer.

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What`s new in breast cancer research and treatment?


Research into the causes, prevention, and treatment of breast cancer is being done in many medical centers throughout the world.

Causes of breast cancer

Studies continue to uncover lifestyle factors and habits that alter breast cancer risk. Ongoing studies are looking at the effect of exercise, weight gain or loss, and diet on breast cancer risk.

Studies on the best use of genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations continue at a rapid pace. Scientists are also exploring how common gene variations may affect breast cancer risk. Each gene variant has only a modest effect in risk (10 to 20%), but when taken together they may potentially have a large impact.

Potential causes of breast cancer in the environment have also received more attention in recent years. While much of the science on this topic is still in its earliest stages, this is an area of active research.

A large, long-term study funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is now being done to help find the causes of breast cancer. Known as the Sister Study, it has enrolled 50,000 women who have sisters with breast cancer. This study will follow these women for at least 10 years and collect information about genes, lifestyle, and environmental factors that may cause breast cancer. An offshoot of the Sister Study, the Two Sister Study, is designed to look at possible causes of early onset breast cancer. To find out more about these studies, call 1-877-4-SISTER (1-877-474-7837) or visit the Sister Study Web site (www.sisterstudy.org).

http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcance...w-research

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First Warning Systems BSE Bra



   

The bra uses built in angiogenic sensor detection. This new breast cancer technology can detect breast tissue temperature changes that happens when a tumor is forming. First Warning System Bra can even detect temperature changes years before the tumor would show on a mammogram. First Warning Systems came up with the idea for this bra technology.

First Warning Systems BSE Bra
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gtDUwWf7DVg

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Digital Mammography Imaging: Breast Tomosynthesis and Advanced Applications




Digital breast tomosynthesis mammography (DBT) is one technology being developed to improve detection and characterization of breast lesions especially in women with non-fatty breasts. In this technique, multiple projection images are reconstructed allowing visual review of thin breast sections offering the potential to unmask cancers obscured by normal tissue located above and below the lesion. DBT involves the acquisition of multiple projection exposures by a digital detector from a mammographic X-Ray source which moves over a limited arc angle [2-11]. These projection image data sets are reconstructed using specific algorithms. The clinical reader is presented with a series of images (slices) through the entire breast that are read at a workstation similar to review of a CT or MRI study. Because each reconstructed slice may be as thin as 0.5 mm, masses and mass margins that may otherwise be superimposed with out of plane structures should be more visible in the reconstructed slice. This should allow visualization (detection) and better characterization of non-calcified lesions in particular.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118307/

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Digital Mammography Imaging: