Thermography as a predictor of prognosis in cancer of the breast

Although thermography is generally considered to lack sufficient sensitivity to be a useful in diagnosis of cancer of the breast, the association of a thermal abnormality with some breast cancers cannot be discounted. Breast cancers demonstrating such a thermographic abnormality have been reported t...

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Published inCancer Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 1678 - 1680
Main Authors Sterns, Ernest E., Zee, Benny
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 15.03.1991
Subjects
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - mortality
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Carcinoma in Situ - diagnosis
Carcinoma in Situ - surgery
Female
Humans
Lymphatic Metastasis
Neoplasm Staging
Prognosis
Survival Rate
Thermography - methods
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Summary:Although thermography is generally considered to lack sufficient sensitivity to be a useful in diagnosis of cancer of the breast, the association of a thermal abnormality with some breast cancers cannot be discounted. Breast cancers demonstrating such a thermographic abnormality have been reported to be associated with decreased survival when compared with patients with no such change. In a study of 214 patients confirmed to have breast cancer without distant metastases, 121 were found to have a thermographic abnormality. Patients whose tumors were thermographically abnormal had significantly larger primary lesions and a higher proportion of metastatic axillary lymph nodes. However, both the 5‐year survival and the 5‐year disease‐free survival were not significantly different from patients who had no thermographic abnormality.
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ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19910315)67:6<1678::AID-CNCR2820670633>3.0.CO;2-K