{"id":27137,"date":"2020-01-09T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/?p=27137"},"modified":"2020-01-16T18:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:59:30","slug":"mexicans-create-thermographic-painless-test-to-detect-cancer-with-95-accuracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/mexicans-create-thermographic-painless-test-to-detect-cancer-with-95-accuracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexicans create thermographic painless test to detect cancer with 95% accuracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A thermographic test developed by Mexican students is able to detect breast cancer by measuring breast temperature with up to 95% accuracy, a higher rate than conventional mammography<\/strong>, its creators explained.<\/p>\n

The test, called Thermy<\/em><\/strong>, uses a piece of software that is already available and that has helped more than 3,000 patients so far in Mexico<\/strong>, said Jan Andrei Merino, a bionic engineer at the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) and co-creator of the device.<\/p>\n

The student explained that the system works using a thermal camera that takes images of the patient’s chest<\/strong> \u2013known as thermograms. The images is taken at a distance of 1.5 meters and, if the patient wishes, can be taken in a dark room, which gives privacy and does not affect the results. The thermograms are then analyzed with the IPN artificial intelligence software to classify them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The detection of the disease is possible because when there are cancer cells that grow and multiply, the blood flow and metabolism rise, which increases the temperature of the skin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Thermy, Merino explained, is a test that “can be done after age 20, is 100% painless and non-invasive and radiation is not used so it can be done periodically<\/em><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

The system has the medical advice of the oncologist surgeon Enrique Mart\u00edn del Campo and is endorsed by the Ministry of Health of Mexico City. Currently Thermy<\/em> is already operating within the facilities of the Breast Cancer Foundation (FUCAM)<\/strong> where there is already a database of more than 3,000 patients.<\/p>\n

Andrei Merino stressed that Thermy<\/em> does not intend to replace a mammography, but to be another tool for the timely diagnosis of breast cancer<\/strong>, especially in those women under 40 years.<\/p>\n

This, he said, because mammography is indicated from the age of 40 and “in Mexico more than 15% of breast cancer occurs in young women, under this age<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

The Thermy<\/em> team is in the process of completing national and international patent procedures<\/strong>, as well as obtaining sanitary certification by the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS).<\/p>\n

Once these procedures are completed, Merino hopes that a commercial version of the device that works with a computer or smartphone can be launched and can reach remote areas of the country<\/strong>. The researchers expect the cost to be less than 300 pesos (about $15).<\/p>\n

At the moment in FUCAM, this test is free and available to the public<\/strong>; the only thing that is needed to access this technology is to schedule an appointment through the company’s website.<\/p>\n

Thermy<\/em> represented Mexico in the 2019 edition of the contest \u201cAn idea to change history\u201d<\/strong>, a social responsibility initiative promoted by the History Channel, which winner will be announced in January 2020.<\/p>\n

This initiative seeks to publicize the people who are currently working to constitute a legacy that is inspired by history and drives it forward and that has an impact on future generations.<\/p>\n

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Source: <\/strong>Agencia ID<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A thermographic test developed by Mexican students is able to detect breast cancer by measuring breast temperature with up to 95% accuracy, a higher rate than conventional mammography, its creators explained. The test, called Thermy, uses a piece of software that is already available and that has helped more than 3,000 patients so far in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[15,55],"class_list":["post-27137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad-en-la-salud","tag-casalud","tag-tecnologicas","cat-3-id","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27137"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27211,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27137\/revisions\/27211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.salud.carlosslim.org\/english2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}