[Validity of contact thermography in breast diagnosis]. / Indicazioni sulla validità della termografia a contatto nella diagnostica mammaria.

Study has been carried out with "an plaque" thermographic method on 42 patients affected by carcinoma of the breast. From the data it's possible to distinguish two typical vascular findings: the greater anomalies and the smaller anomalies. With the above method we have had 92,85% positive test and 7,14% false negative tests for cancer. The value of these findings are discussed, first of all about their importance for diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer.