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To: chirodoc who wrote (91)	3/7/1999 11:24:00 AM
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Tuesday June 9th, 1998 Thermography Cancer Treatment! Mammography is the most popular method of detecting breast cancer, but in some cases it's not foolproof. Now, one doctor believes he's found another high tech detector that could back up mammography and save lives. "Thermography" has been around for years, but it's not being used in the United States! Linda McCartney, Carly Simon and Olivia Newton John all battled breast cancer privately, but publicly they shared the same message of hope. Olivia Newton John recently expressed this: "Breast cancer, if caught early enough and treated early enough and it isn't the aggressive kind, it can be 80 percent successful." Olivia should know ...early detection saved her life. Currently mammography is the most common way to screen for early signs of breast cancer, but in Europe, Asia and some parts of Canada there's a new technique being used. Thermography, or infrared imaging, uses heat to detect tumors. The whole thing takes about five minutes, and the imaging is simple. A patient sits three feet from a camera, raises her arms and shifts positions - then four views come up on a nearby computer. "The infrared imaging doesn't pick up the tumor, it just picks up the reaction to the tumor." Dr. John Keyserlink, a Canadian cancer surgeon, has been using thermography for several years. He told us: "There are a number of heat spots on the chest wall and under the arm and under the breasts, but the actual breast surface tissue is actually quite cool." Hot spots clearly stand out in red and can indicate a growing tumor. The Doctor explained: "As the tumor takes hold and grows it causes an innumerable amount of blood vessels, and it's that blood flow that we're actually perceiving." When used in conjunction with mammography, infrared can pick up what the may have been missed otherwise. Here in the states, mammography is the number one technique used to detect breast cancer. But according to the National Cancer Institute, mammograms miss at least 25% of invasive breast cancers in women age 40 to 49. So if infrared imaging seems to help detect tumors, why isn't it available to American women? "The problem is it detects some tumors, and it doesn't detect others, and it seems to be random what it detects and what it doesn't detect." Doctor Carl Dorsi, a leading American radiologist, says infrared imaging was tested back in the 70's but failed to produce any significant findings. EXTRA asked: "Is it possible that radiologists just don't like thermography because it could cut in on their business?" Dorsi responded: "I don't think that's a reason, the real reason is there is no science behind it." Dr. Keyserlink will be publishing his results in July's edition of The Breast Journal, which is the official journal of the American Society of Breast Disease. For more information on Thermography, contact the Ville Marie Breast and Oncology Center by FAX at (514) 933-9635 or email at vilmarie@sympatico.ca

To: chirodoc who wrote (91)	3/9/1999 9:30:00 AM
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Computerized Thermal Imaging Announces $7 Million Investment March 8, 1999 11:57 AM OGDEN, Utah, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. COII (CTI) today announced a commitment for equity investment of $7 million by Beach Boulevard, LLC. The terms of the agreement allow the company to receive $1.5 million immediately upon the necessary SEC approvals, and the remainder available in installments over the next year. The number of shares issued will be based on the stock price at the time each installment is requested. "I'm excited to announce this event," said company president, David Packer. "This $7 million commitment, along with the other recently announced investments, represents the resources needed to complete our clinical trials and submit the results to the FDA. With this funding available, we can focus on completing the trials and the preparation of the necessary FDA submittals. We can also move forward in the worker's compensation screening project." Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. develops and deploys thermal imaging and associated technologies for use in the enhancement of medical screening, diagnosis and patient management. Ongoing clinical trials are being conducted to test the efficacy of CTI's technology used in conjunction with clinical examination and/or mammography to increase the ability of physicians examining suspicious breast abnormalities to differentiate benign and malignant tissue. Preliminary testing of the system is very encouraging. Results indicate that the system may be able to decrease the number of benign biopsies performed by up to 38%. More information about CTI can be found on the Internet at www.cti-net.com or by calling CTI Public Affairs at 801-776-4