MDMojo.com http://watchmojo.com/health/blog Covering Health, Fitness, Well being, Diets - Part of Mojo Supreme Network Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Would some breast cancer regress if left untreated? http://watchmojo.com/health/blog/index.php/2008/11/25/would-some-breast-cancer-regress-if-left-untreated/ http://watchmojo.com/health/blog/index.php/2008/11/25/would-some-breast-cancer-regress-if-left-untreated/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:53:27 +0000 rebecca Breast cancerCancerhealthmammogramMedical StudiesregressionstudyTreatmenttumorWomen http://watchmojo.com/health/blog/index.php/2008/11/25/would-some-breast-cancer-regress-if-left-untreated/    A new study suggests that some breast cancer, if left untreated, could regress on their own.  Unfortunately, this question will never be definitively answered because it’s considered unethical not to treat breast cancer.

The study looked at two groups of women:  One group of women aged 50-64 had a mammogram once every two years between 1996 and 2001 (Meaning three mammograms).  The other group of women in the same age range only had one mammogram in 1997.  The women who had more mammograms had more cancer, even at the end of the study.  This suggests that left undetected, some cancers may spontaneously regress.  Read more…

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