Talk:Breast thermography

More accurate and safer than X-rays
Possibly unreliable source www.naturalnews.com/033586_thermography_mammography.html Thermography is a safe alternative to Mammography] says "Thermography can see cancer formation at the size of 256 cells, roughly the size of a pinhead. [X-ray] Mammograms can`t detect cancer until there are roughly 4 billion cells clumped together. It is estimated that thermography can detect cancer formation 6-10 years before mammography can identify a tumor." Are there any reliable sources ? or results of clinical trials ? Detecting Breast Cancer Through Thermography Imaging says "Studies over the last 20 years have failed to produce any clear evidence supporting the effectiveness of thermography in breast cancer screening. Thermography may help determine whether or not further breast evaluation is necessary, but it cannot confirm the presence of a tumor. Furthermore, a slow-growing breast malignancy might be overlooked during thermographic examination because such a malignancy does not produce much heat. As a result, mammogram, biopsy, and other imaging technologies are generally preferred over thermography." but doesnt give sources - Rod57 (talk) 14:24, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

FDA Response / Commentary
I'm not experienced enough a Wikipedia contributor to make these changes myself, but it really seems like the page ought to mention the FDA's response to this treatment.

http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm257259.htm

"Summary of Problem and Scope:

Certain facilities, websites, and mobile units are promoting the use of thermography as a stand-alone evaluation tool for screening and diagnosing breast cancer, claiming that is a substitute for or superior to mammography. They also claim that thermography can detect pre-cancerous abnormalities and diagnose breast cancer long before mammography and that compressing the breast during mammography will cause or spread cancer by pushing cancer cells into additional locations in the body. The FDA is concerned that women will believe these misleading claims about thermography and not receive needed mammograms."

It really seems like a pretty big oversight that this aspect of the treatment is not discussed on the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loraan (talk • contribs) 16:10, 25 October 2012 (UTC)