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Used for adjunctive Breast Disease Screening can Enhance Early Detection

“Early detection saves lives”

DITI's role in breast cancer and other breast disorders is one of early detection and monitoring of abnormal physiology and the establishment of risk factors for the development or existence of cancer. When used adjunctively with other laboratory and outcome assessment tools, the best possible evaluation of breast health is made.

This fifteen-minute non invasive test, is a valuable adjunctive tool for alerting gynecologists and primary care physicians to the possibility of underlying breast disease. This test is designed to improve chances for detection of fast-growing, active tumors in the intervals between mammographic screenings or when mammography is not indicated by screening guidelines for women under 50 years of age.

DITI may be especially appropriate for younger women under 50 whose denser breast tissue makes it more difficult for mammography to pick up suspicious lesions. This test can provide a 'clinical marker' to the physician just before clinical breast examination as well as to the mammographer before the mammogram is performed, that a specific area of the breast needs particularly close examination."

The faster a malignant tumor grows, the more heat it generates. For younger women in particular, results from DITI screening can lead to earlier detection and ultimately, longer life.

More than 90 percent of women diagnosed with early stage, localized cancer are alive five years later, yet only 58%of cancers are diagnosed at this stage according to the American Cancer Society.

During a clinical breast examination, a physician must rely on fingers (or palpation) and eyesight to detect tumors in the breast, which for women under age 50 may often occur when cancer is no longer localized or confined to the breast. DITI screening can provide an alert before clinical breast exam or referral to mammography, Sonography, or MRI so as to enhance early detection by the physician.

 DITI is indicated for women of all ages, particularly in the age group 30 - 50 and women of any age in a high risk group.

Examination recall is dependant on Thermogram result, age, previous history and risk group and can be 3 monthly, 6 monthly, or 12 monthly.

	NORMAL Good thermal symmetry with no suspicious thermal findings. These patterns represent a baseline that won’t alter over time and can only be changed by pathology.
	FIBROCYSTIC Significant vascular activity in the left breast which was clinically correlated with fibrocystic changes.
	BASELINE Baseline thermogram showed a slight hyperthermic asymmetry in the upper right breast.
	3 MONTHS The follow-up study at 3 months showed the pattern had become more well defined. Mammography was inconclusive.
	12 MONTHS Significantly increased vascular changes. Repeat mammogram showed a small calcification (1 mm) at 1 O’clock. A lumpectomy was performed confirming a malignant carcinoma (DCIS).
	INFLAMMATORY CANCER There were no visible signs of abnormality. Referral to a breast specialist and a subsequent biopsy diagnosed inflammatory breast cancer at a very early stage.
	DUCTAL CARCINOMA The vascular asymmetry in the upper left breast was particularly suspicious and clinical investigation indicated a palpable mass. A biopsy was performed and a DCIS of 2 cm was diagnosed.

I have been involved with Womens Health & Wellbeing for over 7 years. I am also a fully qualified Remedial Massage therapist. Following my training at Duke University, North Carolina USA, to become a certified Clinical Thermographer I have opened the first Meditherm DITI clinic in country Victoria. I am operating with the very latest in state of the art technology in thermographic equipment to ensure optimal screening service in DITI. This service which has up till now only been available in the capital cities in Australia, will be a huge advantage for our regional community and outlying areas. In conjunction with the Wodonga clinic, I facilitate a permanent clinic at Natremed, Shepparton, twice a month and also at Salus Medicine, Melbourne monthly.

By:  Julia Miles. CTT. Duke University, NC. Member ACCT Dip.Remedial Massage