LOUISVILLE, Colo., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Because there is a terrible cost associated with cancer when it is detected too late, Tirza Derflinger and other breast health specialists have developed a simple chart to help women understand each available breast test.
Women may get one or more tests and still not have their cancer diagnosed in time; pregnant and nursing mothers may tragically neglect regular breast tests altogether. This is why Derflinger believes this simple chart can help women avoid this demise. The chart describes 6 breast tests: self-exams, palpation exams, thermography, mammography, ultrasounds, and MRIs and is available at the websites BetterBreastHealthforLife.com and www.ThermogramCenter.com as, "Lessons in Breast Care ... Lessons for Life!"
Tirza Derflinger, founder of The Thermogram Center in Louisville, tells a compelling story of a woman who had two breast tests, neither of which indicated cancer. But because of a nagging pain, she requested more tests. Two additional tests enabled an early diagnosis and her prognosis is good.
"This woman knows all too well the importance of obtaining multiple breast tests, especially since each test sees the breast with unique perspective," Derflinger says, "and the more ways we look at the breast, the more likely we are to enable early detection."
While the focus of some exams is on palpable tissue changes, others look at masses, tissue characteristics, cancerous activities, or blood supply. Each test complements the others. "What one test doesn't see, another test might," Derflinger says, "and this is the advantage of employing multiple tests."
Derflinger also tells of a woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer just weeks after giving birth to her daughter. Like many women, she had become remiss about breast exams during pregnancy. Turning a negative into a positive, she launched a "Be Breast Aware" campaign for pregnant and nursing mothers for use in ObGyn offices.
Derflinger cites these stories to convey the importance of seeking breast tests through every stage of life, and of obtaining any and all tests available to ensure potentially life-saving early detection.
The Thermogram CenterCONTACT: Tirza Derflinger of The Thermogram Center, +1-303-587-6241,tirzaderflinger@earthlink.net; or Dan Snyders of Armada Medical Marketing,+1-303-623-1190, ext. 230, dan@armadamedical.com, for The Thermogram Center
