51-Pound Tumor Removed From Woman

MSNBC.COM - New Jersey surgeons removed a rapidly growing, 51-pound cancerous tumor
from a woman who had delayed treatment for more than a month until she
became eligible for health insurance, her doctor said on Tuesday.
"She was a skinny lady with a huge belly. I mean it looked like she
was literally pregnant with triplets," said Dr. David Dupree, who led
the surgery on the 65-year-old woman, at Riverview Medical Center in Red
Bank, N.J.
"She was just all belly," he said in describing his first meeting
with the patient, a homemaker from nearby Union Beach, N.J., who asked
to be identified only as Evelyn, her first name. click here to read more