Posted on: Apr 27, 2012 06:04 PM
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momoschki wrote:
Just had this scan at my gyno's office, newly approved by the FDA. It is a type of thermographic screening. Areas of increased vascularity, possibly indicative of future tumor growth, light up. I am wondering if anyone else has had this or a similar thermographic scan. I had a stereotactic biopsy last February on the left breast, at 11:00, that revealed a very small focus of ADH. The excisional biopsy a month later was completely clean-- the needle biopsy removed it all. Last May I had a bilateral breast reduction. Normal mammo last November.
On the scan today, the right side was totally normal, but the left showed some areas that lit up exactly at the spot where the excision was. My gyno insisted this was because an abnormal vessel that fed the lesion still remains and that it was no need for any concern. I had been under the impression that everything abnormal had been removed. Has anyone else here had a similar finding? I am seeing my BS next week for a regularly scheduled US, so will obviously show her the results and discuss this with her, but in the meantime, although my gyno kept screaming, "This is good news!", somehow I feel uneasy anyway.
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May 6, 2012 11:42 AM kayb wrote:
Envirodoc - the double blind study we referred to seemed very appropriate to me. Subjects received both a thermogram and a mammogram and doctors read the images separetly. Further follow up care such as biopsy either confirmed or disproved the interpretations of the images. I can't think of a bettr way to compare the relative value of each process. Personally, I think thermography for breast imaging would be embraced as an adjunct to conventional screening if only we could get NPs and other Alt Docs to stop claiming that thermograms are better that mammos. Very visable doctors like Mercola are telling women they don't need conventional screening if they get thermograms but there is no credible evidence to back up that claim. Conventional doctors dig in their heels against thermography because of people like that and I don't blame them. Everyone knows mammograms are not a perfect screening tool, but they are still effective for many women. If only we could get Alt Docs to admit the same about thermograms.
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May 6, 2012 11:49 AM kayb wrote:
Momoschki - How interesting that you've been taking mushroom supplements! I was just trying to think of something besides caffeine that could dilate blood vessels and niacin was the first thing I came up with. I happen to LOVE mushrooms and when I eat a lot of them my palms turn bright red because of the increased blood flow. It would be interesting to know how long that effect lasts after taking mushroom supplements regularly!
Diagnosed: May 20, 2010: IDC Right, 2cm, Stage I, Grade 2; DCIS Left; 0/5 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2+
momoschki
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May 6, 2012 03:26 PM momoschki wrote:
Who knows if the mushroom supplements have anything to do with the thermography results, but I have been taking them for over a year. Never had red palms, though! There appears to be some evidence that some mushrooms have an anticarcinogenic effect, although my guess is that conventional oncs would not endorse them as a legitimate treatment. My integrative onc, however, likes to travel a little far off the beaten path...
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May 6, 2012 06:02 PM, edited May 6, 2012 06:02 PM
by twistedsteel
Why are MRI's so much pricier?
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Diagnosis: 4/25/2011, IDC, 6cm+, Stage IIIa, Grade 2, 3/12 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-