Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned women not to substitute breast thermography for mammography to screen for breast cancer.
Unlike mammography, in which an X-ray of the breast is taken, thermography produces an infrared image that shows the patterns of heat and blood flow on or near the surface of the body. Some health care providers claim thermography is superior to mammography as a screening method for…
