1.   After her doctors found no sign that a small tumor had spread, she was discharged from a hospital here last week with an excellent prognosis.

2.   After the fourth cancellation, an ultrasound scan showed that the tumor had spread and had become inoperable.

3.   If there are multiple tumors or if the tumor spreads to another area, radiosurgery can be repeated again and again.

4.   It is usually reserved for men whose tumors have spread and for those who, for health or other reasons, are unsuitable candidates for surgery or radiation.

5.   Last month, physicians discovered that the tumor was spreading.

6.   Many patients survive treatment for their primary cancers, only to die when tumors spread to their livers, ter Haar said.

7.   Patients whose tumors will not spread might be spared chemotherapy or radiation treatment.

8.   Still more mutations are necessary before the tumor can spread.

9.   The general surgeon got the first look to see if the tumor had spread to the colon.

10.   The test was looking for one of the most deadly childhood cancers, neuroblastoma, before the tumors had spread.