We recommend that women, having one or more of the risk factors listed below, get an annual Thermogram.
The American Cancer Society says women are at risk for breast cancer if they:
- Are obese
- Began menstruating before age 12
- Have not had children
- Had their first child after 30 years old
- Stopped menstruating after age 50 years old
- Have a personal history of radiation exposure to the chest
- Are currently taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Have recently taken hormone replacement therapy for longer than five years