Current research has determined that the key to breast cancer survival rests upon its earliest possible detection. If discovered in its earliest stages, 95% cure rates are possible. But how much do you know about current procedures & alternatives that are available to you?

First let’s look at a few current statistics:

According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed each year in the US alone, making it three times more common than other gynaecological cancers.

Breast cancer will claim the lives of 40,000 people this year in the US.

The incidence of breast cancer in Australia has been increasing and by 2020, it was estimated that there would be 17,210 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in women or approximately 47 every day.  That now is at 55 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every day in Australia.

The only type of cancer that claims the lives of more women is lung cancer.

Even more disturbing is the speed at which breast cancer rates have risen over the past 5 decades.

In 1960, one in 20 women was diagnosed-but today, it is one in seven.

• Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for women age 40 to 55.
• 15 percent of all breast cancers occur in women under age 45; in this age group, breast cancers are more aggressive and have lower recovery rates.
• 80 percent of breast lumps are NON-cancerous.
• 70 percent of breast cancers are found through breast self-exams.
• About 80 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of breast cancer.

Be Breast Aware – How To Self-Check

Reference: Dr Mercola, The Truth about Cancer & Breastcancer.org.au

The Truth About Cancer:
Dr Ben Johnson discussing why mammograms don’t work: link

“We, as a medical society, are giving women breast cancer with our demanding that they get mammograms. Mammograms cause breast cancer”.

Mammograms – how much do you know about them?

Mammograms use ionizing radiation at a relatively high dose, which can contribute to the mutations that can lead to breast cancer. You can get as much radiation from one mammogram as you would from 1,000 chest X-rays.

Mammography also compresses your breasts tightly, which can lead to a dangerous spread of cancerous cells, should they exist.

Dr. Samuel Epstein, one of the world’s top cancer experts, has stated:

“The premenopausal breast is highly sensitive to radiation, each 1 rad exposure increasing breast cancer risk by about 1 percent, with a cumulative 10 percent increased risk for each breast over a decade’s screening.”

The toxic effects of mammogram radiation are finally being acknowledged as a significant factor in the development of breast cancer. Several recent studies have clearly shown that breast cancer screenings may be causing women more harm than good.

A study published in the British Medical Journal (December 2011) confirmed that breast cancer screening may cause women harm, especially during the early years after they start screening. This harm is largely due to surgeries, such as lumpectomies and mastectomies, and other (often unnecessary) interventions. The study highlights losses in quality of life from false positive results and unnecessary treatment.

Fortunately, we’re beginning to see the initial stirrings of change, as this latest report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) shows, which calls into question the role environmental exposure may be playing in the development of breast cancer. The IOM committee is absolutely correct in calling for more research into the risks of various environmental exposures over the course of a woman’s lifetime. Isn’t it ironic that the mammogram (the principle diagnostic test given to women to help detect and prevent breast cancer) is responsible for increasing women’s risk for developing it?

So what is the alternative?

Thermography is a painless, non invasive, state of the art clinical test without any exposure to radiation & is used as part of an early detection program which gives women of all ages the opportunity to increase their chances of detecting breast disease at an early stage. It is particularly useful for women under 50 where mammography is less effective.

Thermography’s role in breast cancer & other breast disorders is to help in early detection & monitoring of abnormal physiology & the establishment of risk factors for the development or existence of cancer. When used with other procedures the best possible evaluation of breast health is made.

So where can you get a thermogram done?  

For our readers who are based in Sydney – There is a clinic in Crows Nest, where Cathy has just had a thermogram done. 
For more information Id recommend you take a look at “The Truth About Cancer”