Doctors Remove Tumor Weighing 156 Pounds
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<i> Associated Press</i>
DALLAS — A woman who was terrified of hospitals delayed and delayed getting an ovarian tumor removed. When her family finally got her to submit to surgery, the thing had grown to 156 pounds.
Evelyn Geffers says she wants to learn to roller skate with her grandchildren now that doctors have cut her weight in half by removing the benign growth. Geffers, 63, underwent surgery May 25. Doctors said she had had the tumor for at least 15 years.
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