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A baseball-sized liver tumor vanishes for no apparent reason. Dismissed by doctors as a fluke, the mystery could offer crucial clues to fighting cancer.

Spontaneous tumor regressions are among the rarest and most mysterious events in medicine. But the phenomenon may, in fact, be an everyday one, taking place beyond doctors’ eyes. A recent study suggests that as many as 1 in 3 breast tumors may vanish on their own before being detected by a doctor.