A Winnipeg clinic is continuing to offer breast thermography in spite of an order from Manitoba's minister of health last November to stop.
Late last week a CBC producer called The Thermography Clinic on Tache Avenue, posing as someone who wanted to be screened for breast cancer.
The owner of the clinic told her that thermography is a screening tool and an adjunct to mammography, and booked her for an appointment.
In November, the Canadian Cancer Society and other medical authorities worldwide said there is no proof thermography actually works as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer.
And that false positives from thermography tests gum up the system, resulting in patients worrying about test results that have no value.
'I could see that scaring the heck out of somebody.'—Patient Maureen Feaver
Winnipeg patient Maureen Feaver said she was shocked the clinic was still offering the service, in spite of the province's order.
"My gut reaction is what happened?" she said.
Feaver was upset last fall when the clinic's owner read her scan results and suggested she come back and have her breasts scanned.
"I would say that could be considered a diagnosis," she said. "If I was somebody who was actually vulnerable, who (had) had a cancer scare, I could see that scaring the heck out of somebody."
Feaver complained and eventually got back half of the $450 she spent.
The owner of the clinic declined an interview.
A spokesperson for the province said it is in discussions with the clinic's lawyers and is reviewing all its legal options.
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