Archive for May, 2008
Cancer Scan Catches Illness 8 Years Early
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
A NEW cancer scan which can help detect abnormalities up to eight years earlier than a traditional mammogram is proving hugely popular in Ireland.
The CTI Scan uses a unique thermography imaging tool, which is used for early pre-clinical diagnosis and is helping in the early detection of cancer. It can also help to determine how aggressive a cancer is.
The treatment is only available at the state of the art Irish Centre of Integrated Medicine in Naas.
The service is proving so popular that the clinic has carried out over 2,500 scans.
Olivia Smyth from Roscommon underwent the scan last year after concerns about her health.
The mum of two had the full body CTI and Breast Assessment which gave her the all clear.
“It had been in my head. We all know that women in their thirties can get breast cancer so I decided to have the scan. It shows up any problems at a very early stage so I thought why not?” she said.