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This is not yet the world's biggest tumor, but it is still unbelievable. German doctors successfully removed a 40-pound (18kg) malignant bone tumor from a Saudi Arabian woman. The tumor was growing in her pelvis and represented 1/3 of her body weight.
It was previously thought the woman would only live for a few more weeks when she arrived in the hospital in September, but after five operations, the patient is well enough to go home now.
If follow-up exams continue to show no sign of any tumor, the next steps will be to reconstruct the partially removed pelvis and give her an artificial hip.
"Because of this, I haven't had a bath in the past two years, and had to stay in bed all the time. My sister quit her job to take care of me."
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