The more patients of younger age screened with the so-called false positive, the more suspicion was placed on thermography. Eventually lobbying efforts at the AMA's House of Delegates and at Medicare, brought about the removal of thermographic coverage by insurance companies, and the demise of thermography in large measure. This is most unfortunate. Thermography was viewed as a competitive tool to mammography, a role for which it was never intended. This is a known fact in the community of board certified clinical thermographers.
Thermography is complimentary to mammography and an adjunctive tool in the war on breast cancer.
We must learn to accept the information these tools bring to us, and use the information to the best management of the patient. You and me. This is where the correct utilization of thermographic imaging will demonstrate it's ability. In the correct model, thermography of the human breast can make a profound and positive impact on breast cancer and other breast disease. Here's the correct model.