title: [The value of thermography in the diagnosis of breast cancer and in the selection of risk groups].
abstract: Within the framework of a prospective screening study for breast cancer, mammographic and thermographic examinations were performed in 11546 clinically asymptomatic women between 1973 and 1980. Until 1986, breast cancer was diagnosed in 141 women. Conforming with the literatur we demonstrate that the accuracy of thermography declines with decreasing tumour size (pTis 27%, pT1 33.3%, pT2 64%). The rate of breast cancer incidence in women with at least one thermogram considered suspicious or requiring further investigation was 2.7 +/- 0.4 during a period of up to 12 years. This value is not higher than that of many other risk factors and lies clearly below the factor of familial predisposition.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Ulmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013817:Thermography
vernacular_title: Der Wert der Thermographie bei der Diagnostik des Mammakarzinoms und bei der Selektion von Risikokollektiven.