# MedicalMedical ProfessionalsProfessionals 37 3D BreastMammography Cancer Screening: Thermogram No Substitute for Mammogram Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death suspicious, patients need to be called among women. One in About 8 women 1 in 8 women will develop will be diagnosed breast with breastback cancer for additional sometime views. in The their multiple lives, reports the National Cancer Institute, cancer in her lifetime.part Each of the year National it is estimated Institutes of Health.that over Rarely, menimages also created can haveby 3D breast mammograms cancer. But thereCancer has been in a decline in 252,710 women in thebreast United cancer States deaths will inbe recent diagnosed years, and one reasonhave such is because increased accuracycancers that have been detectedthis breast earlier through , according to the American Cancer Society. Breast cancer is among the leading causes of death with breast cancer and more than 40,500 women will there is decreased need for this. On is difficult to among women between 25 and 65 years, with anaverage expected 3D mammograms incidence ofreduce 1 in 8 women in detectmost countries. on Screening die from the disease.and This early is why diagnosis early are detection still the best is so way to reduce the number of breast cancer deaths. However, there can be some callbacks by up to 40% compared to this standard important. With earlymisinformation detection, the over five-year the best method survival of screening patients for this disease. traditional mammograms. This means mammogram. rate is nearly 100%. The latest weapon in the fight against Cyrus Khorrami, M.D. less exposure, increased breast cancer is 3D mammography (also known as breast convenience for our patients,Why and more is thermography not the tomosynthesis). This new technology has increased early On behalf of the Radiologists at Toms peace of mind. preferred method of breast cancer detection over traditional mammograms, especially in screening? Riverwomen X-Ray, with I wanted dense breasts.to remind Greater you accuracy means Q: What can I expect when The heat recordings of thermography may change with thatbetter mammography breast cancer is still detection. the most having a 3D mammogram?inflammation, infection, exercise, or sometimes hormonal effective breast cancer screening test. A: The process of having a changes.3D Thermography is not adequate for certain Q: What is a 3D mammogram? How is it different from mammogram is the same as asituations like older or morbidly obese women, those with Proper breast cancer screening lets larger cancers, breast implants, and large or pendulous regular mammograms? conventional 2D exam. The health care providers check for cancer technologist will position you,breasts. The sensitivity and specificity of thermography are A: 3D mammogram--also called breast tomosynthesis--is one of the most compress your breast, and takestill images not comparable to those of mammography as it cannot even before there may be signs and pick up very small cancers or those buried in the breast advanced forms of breast cancer detection. It uses a very low level of radiation to from different angles. There’s no symptoms of the disease. Why do you need to compress the tissue. take multiple pictures of the breast. The x-ray tube moves over the breast in an additional compression required, and it Using 3D mammogram arc, capturing multiple images of each breast from differentbreast angles. inA computermammograms? Can that At present, the detectiontechnology, rate for thermography the is only only takes a few extra seconds.42% to 80% of cancers, as against 82% to 93% with Aboutreconstructs mammography these pictures to create a 3-dimensional picture of the breast. A regular cancer was able to be spread potential breast cancer? mammography. Its false positive rate is 25%, more than Mammography is a radiographic method that uses low- mammogram takes a single picture of the breast. Breast compression is importantQ: to Do spread insurance the breast companiesdouble that of mammography.clearly seen. dose X-rays to image the breast tissue for both screening tissue around to expose potential underlying cancers. There Because of these lower detection rates, the FDA cites and diagnosis of breast cancer. Any suspicious high-density cover 3D mammograms? Q: What is the advantage of 3D mammogram?is a 100-year-old myth that compressing the breast can thermography as an adjunctive or additional tool which regions or unusual patterns such as microcalcifications A: Medicare, and many private insurers, cover 3D mammograms. In the past, not A: One of the challenges of interpreting mammograms isspread normal potential dense breast cancer. That is utterly false; there is should not be used alone to rule out breast cancer. Patients are examined carefully. Suspicious findings could be due tissue hiding breast cancer. Additionally, overlapping areasno of reliable normal evidence dense breastor data that allshows private this. insurance companieswho covered wish to 3Dundergo mammograms. a thermography However, test should in August do so in to a range of abnormalities, such as tumors (benign and tissue can look suspicious. This is why detecting breast cancer In inaddition, women mammograms with dense aren’t2018, 100% New accurate, Jersey enactedand a mandateconjunction requiring with mammography. nearly all the major health insurers malignant), areas of scarring, or cysts with solid areas. factors—such as your age and breast density—may result in breasts is more difficult. The 3-dimensional images of breast tomosynthesis help to cover 3D mammograms. Mammograms do not prevent breast cancer, but they false-negative or false-positive mammograms. Advice for patients getting a breast candecrease save lives the bytissue finding overlap breast that cancer can asobscure early as cancers.possible. It also helps distinguish normal Toms River X-ray has been performing mammograms Mammographyoverlapping breast is a fast tissue procedure from breast(about cancer.20 minutes), and About thermographyand serving the communitycancer for screening over 30 years. 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We look forward to offering Q: Is there increased radiation performing a 3D you this significant advancenotice any change in breast in either of your breasts such as a lump, Mammograms expose you to low-dose radiation, causing Thermography pros and cons thickening or nipple leakage, or changes in how the nipple littlemammogram? to no risk. There are no reliable studies that show cancer screening. looks. the radiation in mammography causes breast cancer. The Thermography is appealing because it is non-invasive A: Mammograms expose patients to very low levels of radiation. The level of radiation dose is very low, and for most women the benefits and does not involve radiation exposure. 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