81. These are children whose tumors are anaplastic -- they are made up of cancer cells with a particularly ominous, disorganized appearance. 82. These tumors are usually benign. 83. They also divide cancers into stages based on how large the tumor is and how widely it has spread. 84. They show that the two tumors are dead and have shrunk almost to the point of disappearing as new liver tissue grows and replaces the dead tissue. 85. This new tumor was more aggressive than the one that had been cut out. 86. Those experts had in turn agreed to decide whether the tumors were cancerous or normal or whether the experts could not be sure what category the tumors were in. 87. Through my journey, the brain tumor was scary. 88. This is what happened with Darryl Strawberry, whose colon tumor was painful and walnut-sized when it was removed. 89. Through this journey, the brain tumor was surely scary. 90. To most cancer doctors, a breast tumor is a poison that must be removed as quickly as possible. |