Standardization of thermographic breast cancer detection-role of qualitative findings and quantitative findings

In previous studies, thermographic findings of breast disease were compared with histological findings for evaluating thermographic usefulness. Some researchers tried to create criteria for thermographic diagnosis of breast disease using many kinds of findings. These trials improved the thermographic accuracy rate, but the criteria became too complex. The first purpose of this study is establishing the standard of thermographic breast cancer detection, which is as simple as possible for commonly used thermography. For this purpose, it is clarified which thermographic findings contributed to breast cancer detection. Then, a diagnostic tree for breast thermography is created. In the second part of this paper, the role of several thermographic findings in breast cancer treatment, is discussed