title: Thermal evaluation of breast disease using local cooling.
abstract: A simple, inexpensive local cooling system for thermal evaluation of breast disease is described. Skin temperature measured during a 10-minute cooling process averaged 1.2degrees C higher over 31 proved cancers and 0.6degrees C lower over 18 benign masses. Forty-nine masses averaged 1.7 cm in diameter and were 1.5 cm deep; 23 of 31 malignancies (74%), 16 of 18 benign growths (88%), and 46 of 52 "normals" (88%) would have been correctly diagnosed, while results for 10 of 22 women (45%) with asymmetrical diffuse non-malignant disease would have been falsely classified positive.
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D012881:Skin Temperature; D013817:Thermography / Q000295:instrumentation
chemical_list: D007053:Ice