According to the American Cancer Society and
National Cancer Institute, the early detection of breast cancer improves
the chances that breast cancer can be diagnosed at an early stage and
treated successfully.
- 1 in 8 women are at risk of having breast
cancer in their lifetime.
- More than 211,000 cases of breast cancer are
diagnosed annually in the U.S. alone, and over 40,000 women will
die of this devastating disease.
- 45% of women fail to get annual mammograms
due to fear, lack of education, socio-economics and/or a false
belief that no family history of breast cancer means there is no
need to worry.
- 85% of all breast cancer patients did NOT
have a family history of the disease.
- Mammograms have become a standard component
of an annual physical for women over 40, and remain the
diagnostic test of choice for breast cancer detection.
- Mammography is a subjective imaging
technique with a 74-78% accuracy rate on average; i.e. 20%-30%
of cancers go undetected and 12-15% will be reported as false
positives
- For women under 50 years of age and with
denser breast tissue, accuracy of mammography drops
significantly with the rate of undetected cancers rising to
between 30-40%.
However, the #1 statistic surrounding breast cancer is also true ---
With early detection the 5-year survival rate for
breast cancer is near 97%.
When it comes to early detection, the American Cancer Society has
stated: Early detection means using an approach that allows earlier
diagnosis of breast cancer than otherwise might have occurred. The goal
of screening exams for early breast cancer detection is to find cancers
before they start to cause symptoms. Most doctors feel that early
detection tests for breast cancer save many thousands of lives each
year, and that many more lives could be saved if even more women and
their health care providers took advantage of these tests.
| We recommend all women over the age of
40 get the BT test every year along with their annual screening
mammogram. The two together are a more powerful combination for
the early detection of breast cancer than either test alone.
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| We recommend all women over the age of
40 get the BT test every year along with their annual screening
mammogram. The two together are a more powerful combination for
the early detection of breast cancer than either test alone.
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| We recommend all women over the age of
40 get the BT test every year along with their annual screening
mammogram. The two together are a more powerful combination for
the early detection of breast cancer than either test alone.
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The BT Test ™ is a non-invasive blood
test that has clinically demonstrated greater than 80% accuracy
for the detection for breast cancer. The BT Test has been
specifically designed to be used by your physician in
conjunction with mammography as another tool to assist them in
accomplishing the task of early breast cancer detection. The BT
Test is a proprietary, patented test procedure that analyzes and
evaluates a select combination of known cancer-associated
protein biomarkers in blood serum resulting in a
first-of-its-kind blood test that can help in early breast
cancer detection. *
The BT Test measures a select grouping of well known cancer
related proteins in a blood serum sample, and by using a
proprietary algorithm to combine that data with a patient’s
personal medical profile, a BT Score is generated that reflects
the level of probability that breast cancer is present or not.
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| An abnormal score is an indicator of an
increased likelihood of having breast cancer. The actual
diagnosis of cancer can only be confirmed by a tissue biopsy
with the specimen examined under a microscope for tumor cells.
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| No. Genetic tests establish a risk
estimate as to the possibility that the patient may or may not
get breast cancer in the future. The BT Test on the other hand,
looks at the existing levels of certain cancer associated
proteins in the patient’s blood sample and evaluates whether or
not the disease is currently present or not based on our
clinical trial study results. |
Benefits
* Non-invasive, convenient & easy to
administer
* Objective analytical technique with known accuracy
* Not subject to physical and/or equipment limitations associated with
mammography
* Useful in all age groups & even better in women below 50 years of age
and dense breast
* Goes beyond density to actual evidence of pathology indication
* Offers the latest advances in Women's Breast Health