Association of clinical, histopathological and immunohistochemical prognostic factors of invasive breast tumors and thermographic findings

Zore, Zvonimir; Filipovic‐Zore, Irina; Stanec, Mladen; Batinjan, Goran; Matejčić, Aljoša

doi:10.1016/j.infrared.2014.12.009

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“…Other studies on breast cancer cases had shown a direct correlation between infrared thermography stage and tumor size, grade, and vascularity, as well as lymph node involvement [19,20]. In another study by Zore et al [21], the tumor size had no influence on the increased temperature. The increased temperature in that study was more dependent on immunohistochemistry phenotypes of the tumor than on other clinically and histopathologically prognostic factors.…”

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Comparison of the Accuracy of Thermography and Mammography in the Detection of Breast Cancer

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Background: Benefits and harms of screening mammography have been disputed in recent years. This fact, along with the limitations of mammography as well as its unavailability in all our medical centers, tempted us to evaluate the accuracy of thermography in detecting breast abnormalities. Patients and Methods: All patients who were candidates for breast biopsy were examined by both mammography and thermography before tissue sampling in a referral center between January 2013 and January 2014. We defined sensitivities and specificities, and positive predictive values (PPVs) and negative predictive values (NPVs), of the 2 modalities in comparison with histologic results as the gold standard. Results: 132 patients were included. The median age of all patients was 49.5 ± 10.3 years (range 24-75 years). The sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy for mammography were 80.5%, 73.3%, 85.4%, 66.0%, and 76.9%, respectively, whereas for thermography the figures were 81.6%, 57.8%, 78.9%, 61.9%, and 69.7%, respectively. Conclusion: Our study confirms that, at the present time, thermography cannot substitute for mammography for the early diagnosis of breast cancer.

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Comparison of the Accuracy of Thermography and Mammography in the Detection of Breast Cancer

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“…Unlike in our study, they found claim that neither receptor status (progesterone or estrogen) showed any clear relationship to the thermographic results. However, different results were observed by Zore et al (2015[42]). They found that tumor size had no influence on the increased temperature.…”

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“…Rather, they claim that increased diseased breast temperature was more dependent on immunohistochemistry phenotypes of the tumor than any other factors. They found an association between high temperature increases in affected breast with HER-2 positive, PR negative and high Ki-67 valued tumors (Zore et al, 2015[42]).…”

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