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| Medical opinion by John F. Ruhland, NDDo you have health-related questions for Dr. John, the NaturopathicDoctor? Send them to the Free Press at 1463 E Republican #178, SeattleWA 98112, or email to WAfreepress@gmail.com. Please keep questions short.The opinions expressed below are on general issues of health. Theyshould not be construed as personal medical advice. Readers shouldseek a variety of information about any health concern before decidingon a treatment from a personal physician. Mammography: Is There an Alternative?Many Naturopaths and even some conventional physicians have mixedfeelings about the use of X-ray mammography as a cancer-screeningtest. Some researchers are convinced that compressing breasts formammography ruptures cysts and disseminates cancer cells into thebloodstream. Animal studies have proven this phenomenon, showing thattumor compression can increase the spread of the cancer to other partsof the body by up to 80 percent. A Swedish study showed that nearly 30percent more cases of breast cancer occurred in women who had beensubjected to routine mammograms for ten years compared with thosewomen never receiving mammograms. Mammography does improve theaccuracy of breast cancer diagnosis, although it is not necessarilythe most accurate test. In a German study, 54 percent of cases were correctly diagnosed byobtaining a clinical history and performing a breast examination. Thenumber increased to 76 percent when mammography was added. Whencomputerized regulation thermography was used, the accuracy ofdiagnosis rose to 92 percent. Thermoregulation testing has been widely used by European physiciansfor over twenty years. One form employs an infrared camera. Hot spotsshowing up in breast tissue are areas of increased circulation. Theseinvariably are trouble areas. A newer technology—ComputerizedRegulation Thermography—was approved by the FDA for use as a cancerscreening test in 1999. Computerized Thermography can be performedannually with no risk to the patient. Trouble areas can be furtherinvestigated using ultrasound, MRI, or X-ray mammography. Although my office has the only Computerized Thermography unit inSeattle, it is my hope that every physician’s office will have onewithin ten years. For further information on thermography, please senda self-addressed stamped envelope to me c/o the Free Press, andI will get the information to you. |
