More Evidence That "Stab & Grab" Types of Biopsies Spread Cancer - Defining Tumor "Budding"

Usually a period of time lapses after biopsy and before surgery which allows the tumor to “bud”, in other words, GROW from the puncture site! Not surprisingly, this growth and the extent of the budding is used in determining how aggressive to be with treatment! The more “budding”, the more aggressive treatment may be.

This article in Honest Pathology entitled What Does Tumor Budding Mean discusses this phenomena and refers to the puncture site as “the invaded now invasive front” of the tumor (rather than as “the invaded invasive front”) where the tumor is most likely to bud and invade surrounding tissue! The rate of budding from the biopsy site is considered a cancer marker of the tumor’s aggressiveness per the article, so it is the pathologist’s job to report about the quality and quantity of budding at the biopsy poke site after the tumor is removed and reaches the lab in order to help determine how aggressive treatment should be.

The big takeaway from this is how dangerous it may be to leave a biopsied tumor in the body which is exactly what happens when a woman decides that she will treat naturally instead of proceeding with surgical removal. If there is any chance a person will want to treat naturally, a “stab and grab” biopsy should be considered a possible hinderance to the natural treatment’s ability to work because it tends to induce budding/growth. An excisional biopsy removes the entire mass/tumor and then it is sent off to the lab for determination of its type, size, etc.

Click here to see another post that references a study that showed the differences in rates of spreading (metastases) of breast tumors that were biopsied using three different methods. Spoiler alert: Excisional biopsy had a much lower rate of spreading cancer than the Fine Needle Aspiration and the Stereotactic Core biopsy methods.

If you are being pressured to biopsy while a mass is still in your body and being told that a “stab & grab” biopsy will not spread cancer, the study in the linked post above is your “ammo”. Stick to your guns because your health matters!

Another advantage of an excisional biopsy over a stab & grab is that you will not end up with a metal clip or tag inside your body which gets placed beside your mass for the purpose of aiding the surgeon in finding the mass who is assigned to remove the mass. (If biopsy results of a stab & grab are negative, the woman has to keep that metal marker inside her breast and many women regret having that remain in their body.)

STRONG EVIDENCE that "Stab & Grab" Biopsies ARE RISKY - Demand An Excisional Biopsy to Reduce Risk of Spreading Cancer

This FIVE YEAR STUDY compared outcomes of those receiving three types of biopsy and the results were profound showing that manipulation of an intact tumor with biopsy rather than removing (excising) the tumor (with poking/typing done after it is outside the body) correlates with the greatly increased chances of encountering cancer in the lymph nodes.

An EXCISIONAL BIOPSY of breast tumor is one that removes the entire mass in question rather than poking the mass and taking a sample of it. Only after the tumor is out of the body is the tumor punctured for testing.

Sadly, this option of excisional biopsy is kept as a big secret and few know to insist on excisional biopsy. A decades old study proved the danger of “stab and grab” punctures of tumors still in the body. Women who received biopsies using Fine Needle Aspiration (sounds safe, eh?) and large-gauge needle core biopsy had higher metastases (cancer spreading) in sentinel nodes than those who had excisional biopsies!

Another way that we know “stab and grab” biopsy can cause spreading is that the surgeon’s report form (post-surgery) has the question “Was there budding in the needle path?” This means “did any tissue fall off the needle and grow in the path where the tissue was drug out?”.

This question alone proves it is possible for “stab and grab” methods to spread cancer, and ESPECIALLY risky if the woman decides to reject surgical removal of a cancer discovered by “stab & grab” types of biopsy, leaving the punctured tumor and any tissue dropped into the needle path to “bud” or grow.

So how is it that a doctor can claim that “poking/puncturing” a tumor will not spread cancer? Well, it is the surgeon’s job to remove not only the tumor and margins around the tumor but also the entire needle path through which the tissue was drug out of the body.

Per the study linked above, excisional biopsy appears to reduce this risk, likely because the tumor is not punctured, nor is any tissue drug out from the tumor. The tumor or mass is simply removed surgically without being manipulated/punctured assuming the surgeon is competent in performing a proper excisional biopsy.

If biopsy is being recommended, it could be crucial to one’s health to insist upon only excisional biopsy. Reject “stab and grab” types like fine needle aspiration or core biopsy and request excisional biopsy if you wish to reduce risk of spreading cancer as clearly appears to be the risk per the linked study above.

While the study concludes with “The clinical significance of this phenomenon is unclear” it does not take a rocket scientist to realize that excisional biopsy is correlated with better outcomes than “stab and grab” types of biopsy.

Skechers Increase Estrogen!?? - Two Popular Shoe Brands Boast Sustainability of Using Soy Based Plastics! Good For Enviro ~ Horrible for Humans

Could my Oka-B flip-flops be the source of the estrogen pattern that showed up in my breast thermogram? Yes!

Oka-B (pictured above) and Skechers Shoes are proud of their SOY BASED Plastic SHOES! Are those cute shoes contributing to breast cancer and for men, how about those sport shoes contributing to man boobs?

Recently I purchased two pairs of Oka-B sandals after an old pair bit the dust - my other pair could go any minute and did not want to be without.  Then I stumbled upon the shocking fact that Oka-B’s are made with soy! No mention of it being organic soy either, which means the likelihood of endocrine wrecking glyphosate (i.e., RoundUp - a known xenoestrogen) also being on board thanks to genetic modification is virtually certain, and the presence of plant phytoestrogens were a given.

Humans are the only mammals with sweat glands on the bottoms of their feet!  Skin areas that sweat are more likely to be affected by EDC’s (endocrine disruptive chemicals) than non-sweating areas because the acidity of sweat assists in the breakdown of the EDC’s!  So one is getting a double whammy of poison with soy plastics vs petroleum plastics! Rats, goodbye Oka-B’s!

Skechers, a hugely popular brand with its own stores is also proud of its “sustainable” soy based plastic but does it sustain humans or sabotage them hormonally?

Maybe it’s time to go back to wearing “beautiful” Birkenstock’s…

Eagle Institute's Policy Change: Dr. Quijano, DC., Working All Year Now, Interpreting All NON-BREAST Images - (Dr Amalu, DC., Now Interpreting BREAST ONLY)

Eagle Institute interprets our images, founded by Dr. William C. Amalu. Prior to May 2026, Dr. Quijano assisted Dr. Amalu only during heavy load times like October (pink ribbon month - breast cancer awareness time). But recently he made the decision to divert all non-breast images to Dr. Quijano for interpretation because breast volume has grown and he feels ‘breasts are where thermography has greatest value, the ability to save lives.’

What if a client wants body and breast imaging?

All of that person’s images will be routed to Dr. Quijano for interpretation.

Dr. Valerie Quijano, DC, BCCT is the founder of InVogue Health Consultants, LLC in Kamuela Hawai’i. Dr. Quijano has a healthcare practice that incorporates thermal imaging into patient care.

Dr. Quijano and Dr. Amalu have been friends and professional colleagues for over 25 years. They did their post-graduate training together under Dr. William Hobbins, M.D., and earned their initial board certification from the American Board of Clinical Thermography. Dr. Quijano has been an independent board certified thermologist for over 20 years.

Her telephone number appears on each report she does and she is very prompt with responding to text messages and happy to have phone discussions when needed for any questions that cannot be answered by the technician (Candace).

Dr. William “Bill” Amalu DC, DABCT, DIACT, FIACT

Do Clients have the opportunity to request either doctor? Yes, clients may request either doctor for breast interpretation if only breasts are being imaged.

We are grateful to have the high caliber professionalism and training these two amazing individuals bring to the field.

Proof is in the Pictures: Another Success Story ~ What Did She Do to Achieve This?

The reduction in black lines on the actual breasts represents reduction in hot blood vessels. Excess vascularity raises risk of tumor development.

”When compared to the last thermogram, the images show significant improvement.”

September 2025 (left) to May 2026 (right)

From client regarding reasons for improvement:

“I wish I could say for sure but intermittent fasting is the only thing I can think that would have made the improvement. I usually eat my last meal around 4. I don’t eat again until 9 ish the next morning.. sometimes later. I don’t do this every day, but most days.

One thing I LOVE is a product called Perfect Aminos, by Bodyhealth. I take it first thing in the morning after I scrape my tongue. It has 29 grams of protein in it, so I’m fueling my body first thing without food. ”

— RBT Client

Healing Triple Negative Breast Cancer: What a Difference A Year Without Soy Made - Images Illustrate Risk Reduction!

The newer image on the righ shows cool purples over breast areas
LEFT May 2025
RIGHT May 2026

LEFT May 2025
RIGHT May 2026
Profoundly less vascularization in breast tissue after a year of not eating soy

Images are one year apart: vegetarian who had triple negative (an aggressive type) breast cancer diagnosed in November 2022 in her left breast opted for lumpectomy, refused chemotherapy and radiation, adopted holistic lifestyle and had no evidence of disease (NED) by May 2023.

“I did only lumpectomy and natural treatments. My TNBC was 20 percent estrogen and this was what was showing up in the images. I do believe the emotional and spiritual healing were just as important as physical changes.”

— RBT Client

Triple negative patients are at high risk of disease returning, but if they survive the three years after their NED date, their risk of disease returning drops dramatically. Her reports from 2024 & 2025 showed “no improvement” regarding estrogen pattern, and the abnormal right breast remained unchanged for two years.

A big sacrifice/change during the last year was eliminating soy from her diet.*

May 2026 was her 3rd anniversary post NED and she got a 4th thermogram. She received a most excellent report: not only had her estrogen dominance pattern RESOLVED, but her right breast, the TH4 (abnormal) had become a TH3 (95% probability of NO PATHOLOGY)! Such an achievement for this lady who had endured so much, including huge financial costs for natural treatments not covered by insurance.

To make up for the protein deficit of a vegetarian eliminating soy, she used pumpkin seeds, hemp (seeds, powder and milk), beans, chick peas, lentils. “I also tested for and used fermented dairy and was “ok” but not everyone is. I also use nut butters.”

This client volunteers huge amounts of time helping others, asking for no compensation, moderating and contributing information in a private group on Facebook. It is open only for those managing triple negative breast cancer. Her background is in research so she comes well-equipped with professional skills. Triple Negative Breast Cancer Tribe - Healing Naturally is the name to search if you wish to request membership. If you like what you find there and have resources to spare, I’m sure she would be extremely grateful for gifts of gratitude, but they are not expected and not required.

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Another client, vegan, with breast cancer historically and again currently who consumes “lots of soy” has had several years of thermal reports saying that her estrogen pattern shows “no improvement” or has “increased in signal” - until her May 2026 imaging which showed “moderate improvement” in the estrogen pattern! Yay!!!

She attributes it to a new supplement she is taking called ValAsta which purports to support hormone health by reducing inflammation. The company states that estrogen is not the cause of cancer but that products of the inflammation process (ROS - reactive oxygen species) combining with estrogen are the initiators of cancer. Very controversial subject…and this is an interesting theory.

This client also made a major life change by getting a divorce about six months prior which she claims has reduced her stress dramatically. Stress reduction typically reduces inflammation and increases progesterone (which counterbalances estrogen). “Still eating lots of soy!” she revealed when asked about the improvement.

Congratulations to both women for their great successes!

* Whether to remove soy from one’s diet is a hotly debated subject on the internet. Some say soy is “protective”, others say soy is “dangerous”. Is it the glyphosate on/in the GMO soy making it “problematic” or the endogenous phytoestrogens in all soy or both? Dr. Amalu, Eagle Institute of Clinical Thermology, says “Both. Soy is not fit for human consumption. This is why our reports advise a woman with the pattern suggestive of excess estrogen to consult with her doctor if she is consuming soy”.

New Tools ~ Meters to Detect EMF's (Including Hidden Cameras and/or Listening Devices!) in Our Travels

Because we are committed to reducing radiation exposures of all types, we recently obtained a set of meters for detecting all types of electromagnetic radiation, everything from electric fields, magnetic fields, radio frequency fields, “dirty electricity” and even hidden cameras or “bugs” (listening devices) so that our clients may rest assured that each imaging session at every location is safe and private. Here are 4 of our 6 meters!

Gift Certificates for Breast Imaging Now Available ~ Give a Gift of Health To A Special Radiant Body In Your Life!

Please click this link to view the options.

Long overdue, we now have gorgeous digital (and printable) gift certificates for those who wish to give the gift of healthy breast (or other body) imaging to their loved one(s). There are no expiration dates for these gift certificates so your investment cannot be lost to time!

ABNORMAL Left Breast REVERSED Plus "Significant Improvement" in the Estrogen Pattern!

This client had an abnormal left breast for several years! All images of left breast below are “abnormal” (TH4) except the ones on the far right of each group with date of Feb 2026. It wasn’t getting worse but wasn’t getting better either, plus she had had the pattern suggesting estrogen dominance for all those years too, going back to 2018!

She moved to a much more southern latitude (Texas from Oregon in 2022?) plus she had a mercury amalgam tooth filling removed a few months before the last imaging. Says she doesn’t crave or eat nearly as much sugar as she did previously. Could this be due to more sun exposure which is balancing her hormones naturally? She was never interested in using progesterone cream.

Lighter whiter breast as the estrogen pattern lessens - far right image shows “significant improvement”

Black is the coldest color (left end) and white (right end) is the hottest hue with this color scale.

Clearly more symmetry in the far right image - she’s no longer losing her light/heat in her left breast!

EQUIVOCAL is the medical term for TH3 Group which means not normal but not abnormal either, 95% probability of not being pathology/disease, yet the focus group of women who were tasked with designing Dr. Amalu’s reports to make them easy to read did not like the word “equivocal” because they didn’t understand it so “Questionable” was substituted in spite of TH3 Group being a very good place to be grade-wise…. 95% probability of not having disease.

Recognizing Inferior "Fast Food" Thermography - Example of Misleading Graphics and Wording - FB Valentine Day Ad 🙈

A client sent me a Valentine Day ad that is a perfect example of a very deceptive ad for thermography implying that thermography can evaluate the whole cardiovascular system including the heart! This ad is heart-breaking, not heart healthy. See my notes in yellow writing.

Scroll down on this page to Thermography Myths. The very first one addresses the false claim you are seeing in this ad and there are several more worth your time if you are unsure about this technology’s capabilities.

Breasts are especially suitable for screening because they hang outside the body, are supposed to be cooler, so any abnormal heat “jumps out”. In an abdomen that is warm by nature because it is the core of heat, a disease could be very advanced before enough heat would exist to not be hidden by the normal heat, putting a person in huge danger to depend upon a thermal scan for internal organ screening. Thyroid is close enough to the surface that we do see stress signals but that gives no indication if it is hypo or hyper, just that there is stress. Better to use a ten-panel thyroid test for detail.

Screening requires/implies that we find early disease signals in an otherwise healthy person. Breasts are the only body part that thermography can screen (see early signals of disease). Anyone claiming to screen your heart or any other abdominal organ with thermography may as well be holding up a big red flag with “snake oil” written on it.

These FAQ’s from Dr. Amalu’s site, breast thermography.com, give one an accurate quick overview of clinical thermography’s amazing capabilities as well as its limitations. It is incredibly unethical to oversell thermography’s capabilities as SCREENING for any body part other than BREASTS. It cannot give information about gut issues either unfortunately.

Scam Alert🚨 Thermal Images Used To Sell Products, Pills, Potions, & Lotions - Which Images Can Be Believed & Which Are Potential Red Flags 🚩 Do Not Get Sucked In

Please do not be fooled by before and after “improvements” using thermal images if there are no detailed numbers on the image showing the SETTINGS USED. They must be the same, or very, very similar, if before and after images are to have a chance of being believed. This is your assurance that the seller is comparing apples to apples. Leaving these numbers off is so unprofessional because it is super easy to NOT CROP THEM OFF!

It is super easy to create “before & after” fakes instantly in a few clicks. Without the settings visible that presumable relate back to real date and time stamps and setting for SPAN and LEVEL, these images cannot and must not be believed.

These may be a great products - the thermal images imply that a gadget (above images) and a pill (below images) reverse breast disease - why not publish the settings? Without the numbers, it’s not believable to anyone with skill in the thermal imaging industry who knows how easy it is to apply colors that may have nothing to do with reality.

Proof using thermal images needs to show the settings even if too small to read because zooming in will reveal them. See how similar the settings are in images below from one to the next? This is your assurance that you are not getting sold a bill of goods.

Zoom into those numbers and make sure they are same or very similar; if they are missing, ask for uncropped images before sinking your money into products or pills using thermal images as “proof”.

Vaginal Support Moisture Proper pH Product - Natural Ingredients- Highly Recommended by RBT Client - Money Back Guarantee

According to a longtime client, there are lots of products for vaginal dryness, itching, pH imbalances and other conditions like Lichen Sclerosus that do not work and are a waste of money she says. But this product she loves. They make suppositories too which she also uses.

Neueve’s website claims to be saving marriages and offers a money-back guarantee. Formulated by the doctor selling it direct.

Causes of Estrogen Dominance (Exogenous and Endogenous Sources)

Exogenous Estrogen Sources 

• Contraceptives and HRT 

• Phytoestrogens (soy, flax, black cohosh, chaste berry, etc.) 

• Xenoestrogens  

• Sunscreens  

• Makeup, shampoos, face/body washes, lotions, deodorants – parabens  

• Plastics – BPA, phthalates, DEHP, PCBs 

• Building supplies – PCBs 

• Insecticides – atrazine, dieldrin, endosulfan 

• Herbicides – glyphosate (Roundup) 

• Feminine hygiene products and toilet paper 

• Animal protein sources 

• Beef, pork, chicken – growth hormone, estrogen. 

• Farmed fish – soy feed 

Nutrient deficiency – B vitamins (B7 folate, B6, B12) 

            Enzyme production for use in estrogen clearance/detox 

            Magnesium – Estrogen detoxification 

Over-consumption of alcohol - Slows or decreases the oxidation of estrogen in the liver (clearance)

Endogenous Estrogen Sources  

• Ovarian overproduction of estrogen                                

• Corpus luteum underproduction of progesterone (especially in menopause)         

• Overproduction of estrogen in the breast (10-50 times higher than can be found in the blood)               

• Hepatic estrogen clearance dysfunction                

• Conversion dysfunction (DHEA, testosterone, etc.) 

• Cortisol interference due to increased adrenal output 

• Hypothyroidism         

• Gut dysbiosis  - bacterial imbalance decreases an enzyme needed for conversion to the form of estrogen needed for elimination.  

• Genetic dysfunction 

1. Methylation  (carbon with 3 hydrogens is added to another compound) - common chemical process in the body. Vital for proper DNA function – allows engagement or disengagement from certain genes. If methylation is impaired, it can cause a host of problems.  

2. Gene MTHFR responsible for making the enzyme that regulates the metabolism of folate (Vitamin B7)        

3. Gene COMT - responsible for making the enzyme that regulates the levels of estrogen.  

List provided by Dr. William C. Amalu, Founder of Eagle Institute of Clinical Thermology and author of chapter 25, “Infrared Imaging of the Breast” in the Biomedical Engineering Handbook: Medical Devices & Systems, Ed 3.

These images show increase in this client’s estrogen dominance after her first visit but by the third visit, only five months after second visit, she and her doctor reversed the signal and report reflected the images have “significant improvement” in pattern representing estrogen dominance. (see her story here.)

TherMOMetry is Not Thermography and Should Not Be Trusted As Screening Device

Native Medicine Doctor with Tens of Thousands of Followers on InstaPuke Making Unproven Claims About What He's Calling Thermography That is Actually Thermometry!

☝️MISLEADING CLAIMS insinuating he can accurately screen with his tool - clever wording but highly unethical given limitations👇

“Thermography is a powerful adjunctive diagnostic tool that can see abnormalities 5-7 years in ADVANCE of other testing. It even does this for the Heart, the Prostate, the Brain, your Teeth and your Gums.”

— "docofdetox" Instagram account

TOTAL BS!

Someone needs to ask Mr. Sage for the clinical trials showing efficacy of his claims. Are they claiming clinical trials that are of thermography yet using a wand or touch device? There are no clinical trials for touch devices that we know of so if they produce clinical trials for thermography which uses cameras, beware. Thermometry is a wand or tool that touches the body at different points - there is no “graph” or picture produced as in thermography. One such device can be seen at www.alfathermo.com

A search turns up the doctor’s Facebook page with video of a woman describing her “whole body thermography” (actually whole body THERMOMETRY is what she received) experience as a test of 160 points on her body.

Real whole body thermography measures the temperature in each pixel of the image down to 1/100 of a degree, registering many thousands of computer analyzed temperatures in a single image.

Please see Page 6, paragraph 3.3 of IACT Standards and Guidelines here to learn about the limitations of Dr. Sage’s device compared to a thermography camera system like we use.

If you read the entire document, you will learn that quality medical infrared THERMOGRAPHY is a fabulous way to screen for only one kind of cancer: it excels at detecting early signs of breast abnormality because breasts hang outside the body and are naturally cooler making extra heat very obvious. Not so for brain, heart or prostate as this so called doctor claims - nor is his thermometry device! And it certainly cannot produce comprehensive information about breast health measuring only a few points on them! Touching the skin with this instrument or any touching of the skin at all affects temperatures and is inherently not as accurate as measuring temps with an infrared camera. This is an extremely cruel, misleading dangerous post, especially for those living with cancer who may have limited time or money or both when facing a rapidly growing tumor and are in need of accurate, timely information.

REGULATION THERMOMETRY has its place but there are no clinical trials that we can find showing that is useful for screening which is what is being suggested when the claim is seeing 5-7 years in advance! Let’s see the evidence.

There is a thermography trial that got such significant results for ability to predict that it will never be repeated because it would be unethical to not make efforts to intervene knowing what we know from the trial which is that with abnormal breast scores in which no disease is detectable by other imaging at the outset will develop pathology within five years if no intervention to reverse the risk is made.

THERMOGRAPHY, if high quality, can detect heat consistent with growing breast tumors and estrogen dominance, a heat pattern which often precedes breast cancer, and it is a great tool for visualizing unresolved pain in 99% of cases. But perhaps it’s greatest use of all is for cancer patients who need to monitor treatment for efficacy, in other words to know if treatment is working which will be obvious as the extra heat dissipates from the tumor site.

Risk-Lowering Power of Compounded Progesterone Capsule on Estrogen Dominance in Only 5 Months! Risk Reversal Clear as Day

Black & White images show the ”significant improvement” in the pattern of estrogen dominance in approximately 5 months, plus she lowered her risk so much that her left breast got a better grade. Heat around a nipple can signal a problem and her left breast had heat encircling the warmer nipple.

This client’s story is fascinating and illustrates how important it can be to attend followup imaging plus how important to refrain from assuming that commercial formulations of bio-identical hormones that give undesired results are the end of the road.

Client’s first attempt at using progesterone to improve estrogen dominance symptoms was via Prometrium, a commercially available bio-identical brand. Unfortunately, 100 milligrams made her “feel like a zombie” so her doctor switched her to a compounded (personally mixed for her) progesterone capsule. No more zombie effect and she was able to increase to 200 mg. Black and white images (black is hot) show the powerful risk-lowering effects in only five months!

She felt so much better overall that she became more active, stronger and more fit, even shed a few pounds as you can see in the images!

Images above depict her second and third thermograms, below are all three. Her second imaging showed worsening in left breast, so she and her doctor, Kathryn Walker at Renu, developed a plan and executed it beautifully to reverse the trend! (Last we heard Walker is booked 9 months out but there are more brilliant practitioners - a client survey of who is/are your favorite doctor(s) is upcoming and we will publish results on this blog to give you more options!)

Below you see first session Sept 2023, second May 2025 and third Sept 2025. Her left breast increased in signal around the nipple by the second imaging and in the dark area leading up to armpit increasing her left breast’s grade between visits 1 & 2 but by visit 3, she had reversed the trend, grade returned to 2023 grade and estrogen dominance pattern is visibly even better than where she began in 2023 after only five months of getting hormones dialed in!

What contributes to Estrogen Dominance? Sources, Exogenous & Endogenous Ones

This page has a whole section of linked studies showing power of bio identical progesterone in prevention of breast cancer as well as its role in reversing estrogen dominance.

Progress Toward Truth in Screening! Density Must be Announced to Patient by Mammographers - But WHY? The Answer Will Shock You.

After decades of pleading by women (and the men who loved them) who were failed by mammography due to its reduced ability to see into their dense breasts, it is now mandatory that imaging centers performing mammagrams in every state must tell you if you have dense breasts.

The FDA updated its decades-old mammogram standards.

This is important because:

“Dense breast tissue is common in younger women. Dense breast tissue absorbs significantly more radiation during mammography compared with fatty breast tissue (1). This occurrence reduces the accuracy of mammography to detect breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue (2, 3). ”

— American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - 2015 Committee Opinion

What is buried between the lines is that dense breast tissue appears to raise one’s risk BECAUSE mammography is the screening tool, not because dense tissue is somehow abnormal or inferior tissue. To simplify, dense breast tissue is all the tissue minus the fat. The greater proportion of fat in the breast, the more likely the rays of radiation will pass through the tissue and into the plate beneath. Conversely, the higher proportion of non-fatty tissue, the greater the rate of absorption according to the American College of OBGYN, and also the greater likelihood of the appearance of interval cancers between mammograms for those with the greatest density (i.e., least amount of fatty breast tissue).

And if that wasn’t enough of a problem, cancer AND dense tissue both appear white on a mammogram, making the radiologist’s job extremely difficult; basically it’s like looking for a snowball in a snowstorm!

Which begs the question, why in the world would we choose a technology with reduced accuracy AND greater harm to women as the gold standard? Sadly it appears to be part of the system designed to protect the “geese” that lay the “golden eggs.”

Is the Breast Screening "Gold Standard" Mammogram Losing Its Shine?

A recent Medscape publication (a continuing education piece made into a quiz) about modern breast screening recommendations for clinicians called Raising the Bar on Breast Cancer Screening and Management sheds interesting light on the “gold standard” of screening: mammogram. Basically it concludes that if one wants to know what is truly happening, MRI is the best tool, though they do not mention counseling patients about the risk of the gadolinium contrast ending up in the brain nor the common allergy to the contrast agent. (Of course the Cinderella of Screening, Thermography, isn’t even invited to the conversation, possibly because it would be such a profit crushing blow in stopping treatment of lesions that are not actually cancerous and not destined to become cancer?).

Mammogram and ultrasound pretty much get thrown under the bus for the task of monitoring a suspicious lesion and for good reason in my opinion. Too many times for comfort, I’ve seen mammograms and ultrasounds come back “clean” when thermography is suggesting otherwise. One client getting asked for a biopsy, stating “I can see a little raised area where thermography is showing I have extra heat, may I have a biopsy?” Biopsy was refused for 3 days of her persistently requesting one so they finally gave her one and it turned out to be malignant! Then they said, “Oops! You need an MRI!”

MRI is also the tool most likely to see what Thermography sees as they both are able to visualize blood flow and blood flow in suspicious patterns can be indicative of angiogenesis, the formation of blood flow specifically for the purpose of feeding a tumor.

Multiple models, and some surprising risk factors get revealed when answers to the quizzes are shown as one completes them. Very educational for me! Hope you enjoy it too.

P.S. BTW, Dr. Amalu, interpreter of our images, is of course a huge fan of thermography combined with MRI for the very reasons stated above, i.e., these two are most capable of seeing blood flow which is sure to be present with a dangerous lesion.

Self-Proclaimed Estrogen Hormone "Expert" Wendy Sellens Gets Respectfully Corrected by Peers Which Becomes An Estrogen Lesson For All of Us

Wendy Sellens casts a dark shadow on the Father of Thermography, Dr. William Hobbins, M.D., quoting research that no one can find that he did, which according to her is that estrogen exists only in sex organs and she “knows” this because of tissue samples Hobbins supposedly took on all this other human tissue! ? What?!

Is it possible she wasn’t listening to Dr. Hobbins? (Want to assess whether she listens to her interviewers? Interviews below*)

Two people in the health field, Jay Feldman and Mike Fave, felt compelled to shine light on Wendy’s mistakes lest they mislead:

Ep. 125: Wendy Sellens on Estrogen: What She Got Wrong Nov 7, 2024

As a huge fan of Dr. William Hobbins’ work in thermography, it was beautiful watching complete strangers, Mike and Jay, come to his defense when he is six feet under and no longer able to speak for himself.

To their beautiful credit, Strong Sistas recently interviewed the two gentlemen that made the rebuttal to Wendy’s questionable claims, showing their ability to recognize truth and embrace it; those are here:

Why Modern Biohacking is Making You Sicker Not Stronger
&
Male Fertility is Falling Fast & Her'e’s Why (With Mike Fave). Estrogen comes up again of course in male fertility.

Mike and Jay call out by name all kinds of “medical experts” making claims that they feel are inaccurate with potential of harming others.

For example, they show, Dr. Ken Berry’s claims as highly questionable in Ken Berry’s Fructose Fearmongering, Glycation Myths, & ChatGPT Says We’re Wrong.

Jay and Mike also address AI’s deficiencies, particularly the risks when questions aren’t perfectly composed by someone that actually knows the correct answers, i.e., incorrect answers 🙈)!

Have you heard that AI has come to thermography? Beware of offices claiming superiority or higher accuracy because they utilize AI… it’s actually an old program out of India. Dr. Amalu can give you a thorough explanation of why it’s not ready for prime time.

*BELOW: NOT RECOMMENDED VIEWING, posted only in case you want to verify statements of Sellens.
Are you Actually Low in Estrogen? Jul 29, 2024
Too Much Estrogen or Not Enough? Aug 13, 2024
How Estrogen Affects Your Health . Aug 21, 2024
Hormone Masterclass: Estrogen Level 1 W/ Dr. Wendy Sellens Aug 28, 2024

Glyphosate (ingredient in ROUNDUP Weed Killer) INDUCES Breast Cancer Cells Growth

This is old but widely unknown news from the Food Chemical Toxicology “glyphosate contamination in soybeans” appears to be the biggest culprit but also many are still unaware of the big 5 crops that are genetically modified so that they will withstand multiple sprayings of Roundup. Try spraying it on your garden and you will see that it kills everything.

Big 5 GMO crops to Avoid:
soy
corn
canola
cottonseed
sugar beets

Sugar that is not labeled “organic” or “cane” will be from GMO sugar beets. Oils from soy, corn, canola, cottonseed are in so many things it will blow your mind. Also mind-blowing is that cancer patients are not typically warned about this nor is the hospital food free from glyphosate-containing foods nor is it advised in dietary advice from the hospital to avoid foods containing glyphosate.

Off the topic of breast cancer but important research on the subject and a possible second pathway of contributing to breast cancer is disruption of the detoxification process:

“Glyphosate chelates aluminum, allowing ingested aluminum to bypass the gut barrier.” (What about INJECTED aluminum!?) Glyphosate is linked to disruption of the gut-brain communication via disruption of the P450 cycle of the liver detoxification process, so the process by which a body would detox the chemical gets broken by the substance that needs to be detoxed. Dr. Stephanie Seneff has been warning us for at least two decades about this risk. She believes glyphosate is the biggest contributor to the escalating autism rates, and why symptoms can greatly improve with diet changes.

Lots of people are suffering from gut issues, bloating, gas, pain without having a clue as to its origin which could very well be glyphosate coming into their bodies.

It’s even in the air due to fuels being made with GMO corn that when burned aerosolizes the glyphosate according to experts. Even though advertised as “sustainable”, it’s probably best to avoid these fuels when possible, as well as the big five “body fuels” listed above.

The estrogenic effects of these crops may be one of the biggest contributors to the epidemic of estrogen dominance we see in men and women’s breasts.

Were you flagged with the estrogen dominance hormone pattern in your breasts? If you don’t know, contact us and we will look it up. Most thermography clinics typically do not report this pattern, so choose wisely if you are looking for thermography services. You want to receive not only this hormone pattern information but also you want to receive TH scores for each breast (TH1-TH5 are possible) and detail about location of findings.