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[jmurfk]

BAD NEWS - CTML NOT APPROVED IN AUSTRALIA - AND IS ALSO LISTED IN A WARNING SHEET ON AN AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT WEBSITE.

http://www.breastscreen.health.wa.gov.au/docs/Unproven-Breast-Imaging-Factsheet.pdf

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Unproven breast imaging technologies – the facts
Unproven breast imaging technologies are aggressively marketed in Western Australia, particularly to young
women. They are often promoted as an alternative to mammography, the screening tool for breast cancer. This factsheet provides information about the unproven breast imaging technologies that are commercially available in Western Australia. These include:
? Electrical impedance
? Computerised/mechanical breast imaging (CBI)
? Thermography
? Computed Tomography Laser Mammography (CTLM)

Bad thing is here. The CTML isn't even approved for anything in Australia.

In fact, none of these technologies are approved for use in Australia as stand alone tests for breast cancer
detection – they are only approved for use in conjunction with scientifically proven breast imaging techniques such as mammography.

This doesn't sound good at all. Probably explains why the CTML, being approved in many countries for years, just ahsn't sold much.

Computer Tomography Laser Mammography (CTLM)
Computed tomography laser mammography (CTLM) sends near infrared light into breast tissue. Near infrared light is absorbed by haemoglobins (proteins) in the blood, which act as a contrast medium. The CTLM device is claimed to detect increased blood vessel formation in tissue, which is a feature of tumours. CTLM is a new technology that does not appear to have been clinically evaluated as a stand alone test for breast cancer detection. The existing evidence reveals major limitations with the low resolution of CTLM images, and indicates CTLM requires considerably further development and evaluation.
There do not appear to be any clinics offering CTLM technology yet in Western Australia, however the Australasian
distributor for CTLM is based in Perth.