How often should I have a mammogram?

Percent of women breast cancer doubled in size during the months leading to the need to say more breast mammogram this Norwegian researchers. The researchers conducted a study to find out how quickly the tumor is detected in the breast by mammography, enters the stage of the cancer. The study was published in the journal Breast Cancer Research. The study of 400 thousand women aged 50-69 years participated. Scientists have found that 5 percent of women in the last month of the tumor increased from 10 mm to 20 mm. This is mainly observed in the younger group of participants. At the same time another group of participants was 6 years, in order to reach the tumor of the same size in this group of women were aged. According to the scientist Harald Weedon-Fekjaer, changes in the size of the tumor, some women have surpassed all expectations. The results may be good reasons for women to do as often as possible mammography, because the intensity of tumor growth is difficult to predict, and diseases are best treated in the early stages of their development.