Health Canada Reminds Canadians That Thermograms Are Not A Substitute For Mammograms For Breast Cancer Screening
Thermogram Recall Summary Health Canada is reminding Canadians that thermographic imaging (thermograms) cannot be used instead of mammograms for detecting breast cancer. This applies to thermogram devices and services distributed across Canada. The reminder was issued because thermograms are not proven effective for breast cancer screening and may give people false confidence in their breast health status.
- Reason
- Product safety
- Category
- consumer product recall
- Country
- Canada
- Agency
- HC-PRODUCTS
- Recall date
- 2017-09-28
- Status
- Closed
- Distribution
- Canada-wide
Official recall notice from HC-PRODUCTS
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