title: Thermography in breast cancer screening: progress and prospects.
abstract: The use of thermography in breast cancer detection is reviewed. Although advantageous in its total lack of radiation exposure to the patient, thermography has limitations in that significant false-positive and false-negative cancer detection rates have been demonstrated. The potential use of thermography in evaluation of the pathogenesis of breast cancer and in identifying women at high risk is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D013817:Thermography / Q000592:standards*