Mammograms Are Not Your Only Option!
By Melinda Fouche’, Naturopath

Since prevention is our most important cancer-fighting strategy, it’s important that we detect it as early as possible before it spreads. The new decision to delay mammograms has left everyone wondering if this is the best decision.   Please be advised, I cannot diagnose or treat cancer. I educate and inform and provide stress detection and elimination, which is the primary cause of all disease!  I also work with highly sophisticated equipment called bio-energetic quantum technologies.  I cannot answer questions over the phone nor can I take the place of medical care.  What you are about to read is for information only. It cannot substitute for your oncology care or treatment! 
There are many cancer detection tests available, but not all of them are safe!   Some are considered alternative or less toxic but also NOT standard or conventional and probably NOT covered by insurance companies.  Other tests may be safer and equally effective but difficult to find.  With cancer becoming a greater risk for men and women, it’s become more important than ever before to be well informed and proactive!  So, is there a good substitute for mammograms?
Do you know that most breast tumors have been growing slowly for up to 20 years before they are found by typical diagnostic techniques? 
Tests for Breast Cancer:

• Acueity ductoscopy is a patented optical system and ductoscope that enables physicians to look through the nipple directly into the milk ducts where 85% of breast cancer develops. 
• Amas test:  This test can be the first choice to check for breast cancer. The AMAS test detects malignant growth only (not benign tumors) and is more sensitive than mammograms. If the AMAS is positive, further tests are warranted, as the AMAS doesn't indicate where the cancer is located.  The AMAS test can be used to follow breast cancer patients who are in remission.
• Cancer Marker Tests - CA 15.3 and CA125 , CRP, Homocysteine and DR-70 can be used. 
• Ductal lavage is a new test similar to the Pap smear, a simple blood test and an infrared imaging system that samples the lining of ducts of the breast to see what the cells are doing and to detect precancerous abnormalities or cancer cells.  Referred to as a "Pap smear for the breast" because, like the test for cervical cancer, it is a non-surgical approach to find cancerous cells prior to becoming cancerous.
• Mammography/Thermography - Mammograms can detect many breast cancers, but there is concern over false results and the hazards of radiation exposure that result from the tests.  Digital mammography still uses low energy x-rays that pass through the breast exactly like conventional mammograms but are recorded by means of an electronic digital detector instead of the film. This electronic image can be displayed on a video monitor like a TV or printed onto film. The radiologist can manipulate the digital mammogram electronically to magnify an area, change contrast, or alter the brightness.
• Thermography can determine precancerous changes at an earlier, and more treatable, stage—months or even years before those changes would be felt as a lump or be visible on a mammogram, and all without radiation. While mammography relies primarily on finding the physical tumor, thermography uses thermal imaging to detect new blood vessels and chemical changes associated with a tumor’s development and growth.
• Ultrasound or sonogram is safe, painless and uses no radiation to determine whether a lump is a cyst (containing fluid) or a solid mass and to precisely locate the position of a known tumor.
• Scintigraphy.  Also called scintimammography, this test uses a special camera to show where a tracer (a radioactive chemical) has adhered to a tumor. A scanner is then used to see if the breast lump has picked up more of the radioactive material than the rest of the breast tissue.

• MRI.  A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine uses a large magnet and radio waves to measure the electromagnetic signals your body naturally gives off. It makes precise images of the inside of the body, including tissue and fluids. MRI can also be used to see if a silicone breast implant has leaked or ruptured.

• PET scan   Cancer cells grow faster than other cells, so they use up energy faster, too. To measure how fast glucose (the body's fuel) is being used, a tracer (radioactive glucose) is injected into the body and scanned with a positron emission tomography (PET) machine. The PET machine detects how fast the glucose is being used indicate the presence of a cancerous tumor.

• Magnetic Resonance (MR) Elastography.  Mayo Clinic researchers are researching a new imaging test called test uses a combination of sound waves and MRI to evaluate the mechanical properties of tissues within the breast. "

If you suspect you have breast cancer, talk to your physician about these tests.  If you want to PREVENT cancer or the return of cancer, see your naturopath!