Thermal Imaging

Your physician will perform several tests to distinguish if the lump is normal or abnormal.
- Feeling the lump (palpation) to determine how hard and if the lump moves around. Cancerous lumps many times are hard and do not move.
- Diagnostic mammogram to determine size and location of the lump as well as learn more about the surrounding tissue and lymph nodes.
- Ultrasound test to determine if the lump is sold or filled with fluid.
- Thermal imaging (not common) measures shifts in physiological and metabolic activity.

If the lump appears suspicious, the next step is to have a biopsy and analyze cells from the lump. Your physician will perform several tests to distinguish if the lump is normal or abnormal.
- Feeling the lump (palpation) to determine how hard and if the lump moves around. Cancerous lumps many times are hard and do not move.
- Diagnostic mammogram to determine size and location of the lump as well as learn more about the surrounding tissue and lymph nodes.
- Ultrasound test to determine if the lump is sold or filled with fluid.
- Thermal imaging (not common) measures shifts in physiological and metabolic activity.

If the lump appears suspicious, the next step is to have a biopsy and analyze cells from the lump.