[Use of thermo-mammographic and cholesteric methods in the early diagnosis of breast carcinoma].

In 1973, 600 women aged between 19 and 70 and belonging to various social strata were examined. Some came spontaneously without symptomatology, for the sole purpose of preventive screening, others presented various symptoms. Thermography was used on all patients. Complementary mammography was carried out on some of them while others were subjected to cutaneous application of a personally prepared cholesteric strip with various thermic range. An Eastman Kodak cholesteric mixture at 10% solution and with thermic range varying from 35 degrees to 39 degrees was used. Solutions with thermic excursion of 1 degree C were adopted. (This examination was carried out for scientific purposes as it is absolutely not yet part of diagnostic routine). A comparison was then made between the thermo mammographic and cholesteric methods in the early diagnosis of mammary carcinoma.