'Shocking' New Study Suggests Breast Cancer Sometimes Cures Itself | MedHeadlines

'Shocking' New Study Suggests Breast Cancer Sometimes Cures Itself | MedHeadlines:

"Medical history is dotted with stories of cancers vanishing without a trace and without any treatment, either. Once considered medical oddities, a new study suggests more cancers go away without treatment than would be expected. The theory, however, is quite difficult to prove conclusively because almost every cancer detected is treated aggressively, leaving no opportunity to explore spontaneous regressions.

Leading the study were Dr. Jan Maehlen, of the Ulleval University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Dr. H. Gilbert Welch, of the Dartmouth Medical School in Vermont; and Dr. Per-Henrik Zahl, of Norway’s Institute of Public Health. The research team compared mammogram records of women, all between 50 and 64 years old, for the six-year period from 1992 till 1997 and from 1996 till 2001. Norway first started using mammography in 1996."