By: Philip Getson, DO & Liesha Getson, CTT
The American Cancer Society’s (ACS) statistics on breast cancer are shocking Every three minutes, in the United States alone, another woman is diagnosed with this dreaded disease, which annually claims the lives of more than 40,000 women.
With the incidences of breast cancer on the rise, and breast health education remains important, women are beginning to educate themselves on the option of including a thermogram in their annual checkup. This little known tool for physiological assessment measures thermal emissions emanating from the body, a key indicator of health. Available here in the U.S, since the 1960’s, it was approved in 1982 as an adjunct to provider-recommended breast imaging..
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