Posts Tagged ‘Breast Cancer’
CATCH BREAST CANCER EARLY - Leinster Leader 8th October 2009
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Catch breast cancer early with radical new procedure in Naas – Paula Campbell.
A radical new type of breast assessment for younger women is available in Kildare, which has the highest rate of breast cancer in Ireland.
The Irish Centre of Integrated Medicine (ICIM ) in Johnstown, is offering the unique service to women under 50 who are not covered as part of the national scheme to detect and treat breast cancer. As October is breast cancer awareness month I eagerly accepted an invite to have my own breast assessed. (more…)
The Weak Link
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Over the past 18 months, more than one-and-a-half-thousand thermographic breast scans have been performed at the Irish Centre of Integrated Medicine (ICIM), where I practice in Ireland. These scans – which look for signs of early blood-vessel formation – are often coupled with a bone sonometry test, which uses ultrasound to measure the condition of the bones, especially in terms of the risk of fracture.
Surprisingly, what we have observed at the ICIM is that women who have a medium to high risk of bone fracture also appear to have a low risk of developing breast cancer.
In fact, our results have been supported by similar observations made in a groundbreaking study led by Dr Jane Cauley, of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (J Natl Cancer Inst, 2001; 93: 930-6).
Earliest know indicator for future breast cancer development
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
With more emphasis being placed on early detection screenings, there is now renewed interest in the parallel development of complementary imaging techniques that can also exploit the precocious metabolic, immunological and vascular changes associated with early tumor growth.
One promising modality for aiding clinicians in differentiating malignant from benign breast lesions is Medical Infrared Imaging. This modality is non-invasive and detects physiologic tissue response, rather than evaluating anatomic features. As heat is released from the body, a portion is in the form of infrared radiation.
At the Irish Centre of Integrated Medicine (ICIM) a state-of-the-art infrared radiation detection system utilizes ultra-sensitive infrared cameras and sophisticated computers to detect, analyze, and produce high-resolution diagnostic images of these infrared emissions. The problems encountered with first generation infrared camera systems such as improper detector sensitivity (low-band), thermal drift, calibration. Analog interface, etc. have been solved for almost two decades.