'floating On Air' After Surgeons Remove 19Kg Tumour

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-42663918/floating-on-air-after-surgeons-remove-19kg-tumour

Warning....this clip is extremely graphic !....just a tad icky !

[mikey4444]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia

[jno]

cachectic ... as Sqad says.

[Sqad]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cachexia

237's answer is better than the Wiki defn....in my opinion.

jno...I can't answer your question as i am not in receipt of the medical records.
It could be that the WHOLE tumour is benign and the cachectic look is because of nutritional problems brought on by the tumour pressing on the gut OR, part of the tumour has undergone malignant change OR the whole of the tumour is malignant (very unlikely indeed.)

[Mamyalynne]

The programme tonight may have more facts, last week's episode was good too.

[jno]

thanks, Sqad

[mikey4444]

Sqad...I realise that we don't know anything more than what the BBC has told us, but what are the chances of secondary cancers appearing ?

[Sqad]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/21/woman-has-five-stone-cyst-removed-life-saving-operation/

There you go, there is a 5 stone tumour.

[Sqad]

mikey.......if it is benign....then 100% chance of no secondaries.
if a part is malignant, then depending upon the aggressiveness of the malignancy...then 50/50.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Sqad !

[mikey4444]

According to today's Guardian, the lady was called Jasmin, and she is 74.