Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: malignant tumor

malignant tumor stories: 5 news summaries

 Down Syndrome Gene 
 Holds Cancer Clue 

Downs patients long seen to have lower deadly tumor risk

Jun 1, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have noticed for years that Down syndrome patients are far less likely to die from solid tumors—and now, scientists in Boston think they know why. Down syndrome patients’ extra chromosome holds a gene that helps cut blood flow to tumors, restricting their growth, the Globe reports. “Individuals... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • genetics • tumor • genetic research • genetic abnormalities • Down Syndrome • malignant tumor

 Surgeons 
 Remove 
 6 Organs to 
 Save Girl, 7 

Child has six vital organs removed so doctors can find a cancerous tumor

Mar 10, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A smiling 7-year-old was released from a New York hospital today after surgeons undertook a rare, high-risk operation to save her life, USA Today reports. The operation, performed last month, called for surgeons to temporarily remove her stomach, pancreas, spleen, liver and large and small intestines in order to... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • surgery • New York • pancreas • stomach • malignant tumor • spleen • Heather McNamara

Ginsburg Back in Court After Cancer Surgery

Docs optimistic, but senator predicts justice has 9 months to live

Feb 23, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court today, 18 days after her surgery for pancreatic cancer, the AP reports. Doctors gave her an encouraging prognosis after removing a small malignant tumor, but in a speech this weekend, Sen. Jim Bunning said Ginsburg would be dead within 9 months,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • justice • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • Jim Bunning • malignant tumor

 Gorilla Fine After Rare Surgery 

Docs in Hungary look for tumors in ovary of 32-year-old Liesel

Jan 16, 09 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A 32-year-old female gorilla underwent a rare gynecological procedure in Hungary yesterday, the AP reports. Doctors operated for three hours on Liesel, who they suspected had a malignant tumor on her right ovary. No tumors were found during the surgery, but the gorilla will be kept under observation and apart... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Hungary • gorilla • Budapest • malignant tumor

 Kennedy Hails New 
 'Season of  Hope' 

We 'live on in the future we make,' he tells Harvard audience

Dec 2, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy was honored with an honorary degree yesterday in a poignant ceremony at Harvard where he spoke of a "renewed" destiny and reminisced about the days when his life of promise stretched before him. Kennedy appeared strong and in high spirits, despite battling brain cancer, reports the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • Joe Biden • Ted Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • Harvard • honorary degree • malignant tumor • Sanders Theatre • Yo-Yo Ma

5 Stories


from our news partners