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New York - Breast cancer is a horrible disease . A new scientific study is trying to answer the question; do breast cancer tumors ever go away on their own? Researchers want to know if breast cancers found with mammograms can disappear the same way that neuroblastoma which is a rare childhood cancer sometimes has. If breast cancers could disappear on their own then that would be an amazing medical discovery.

Scientists say that it is possible for breast cancers to regress. However, it is hard to find a solid and definitive answer. The scientists have a hard time finding a definitive answer because you cannot leave breast cancers untreated. If you leave breast cancers untreated then the study participants would become ill and may even lose their lives. It is not ethical to leave breast cancers untreated.

The scientific study was conducted by American and Norwegian researchers. The researchers compared the number of breast cancers found in more than one hundred thousand Norwegian women who were screened every two years with a roughly equal amount of women who receive one mammogram once every six years.
The study found that women who were screened more were diagnosed with cancer twenty two percent more than women who received mammograms once every six years. The two groups had about the same number of breast cancer cases reported. The researchers theorize that maybe the women who were being screened more often had cancers that went away on their own.

There are more than one hundred and eighty thousand new cases of breast cancer diagnosed every year in the United States of America. This is a shocking statistic for women to face. Breast cancer is a serious health concern for women. Early prevention and detection is the key to surviving breast cancer.

Mammograms can help to save lives. This study does not dispute the fact that women need to keep getting mammograms in order to help them diagnose breast cancer. The study suggests that some forms of breast cancer might go away on their own without needing any medical treatment or surgical intervention.

Breast cancer does not have a cure so women need to be vigilant about the health of their breasts. If you feel a lump in your breast you should contact your doctor to schedule an appointment. You need to make sure that you do not dismiss any lumps that are in your breasts. Changes in your breasts need to be reported to your doctor as soon as possible so that you can have peace of mind. Women need to stay on top of their health. Hopefully, there will be a cure for breast cancer so that so many women do not have to suffer anymore.