A special needle is inserted directly into the tumor and light energy is passed through a laser.

VOA: special.2010.11.23

Doctors Charles Campbell and Charles Koester used a laser to remove a tumor from a patient's eye at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

Henrietta Lacks did not give her permission for the cells to be taken from her tumor.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

That same year,doctors discovered a deadly brain tumor, which limited his ability to work.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

These cells were taken from her tumor without her knowledge or permission.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

For example, drugs like Enbrel and Remicade block tumor necrosis factor.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

For example,drugs like Enbrel and Remicade block tumor necrosis factor.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

They help the tumor continue growing without restriction.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

A rare tumor behind her right eyeball swelled so much, the tumor and eyeball protruded from the socket.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

"To give you an idea, I think the tumor was,maybe, probably bigger than most oranges that you see, maybe like two oranges."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

The targeted therapy controlled tumor growth for three years in 98 percent of the lung cancer patients.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

The family was told it was inoperable. At school,the bulging tumor made Andrea self-conscious and shy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Journal editor Catherine DeAngelis says another article describes the high success rate of tumor control for a new form of radiation for inoperable lung cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

He removed the tumor and Andrea's eye. Camelia Rosca, Andrea's host in Boston, says coming to America has transformed the young girl and her family.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Greg Zhang,46, is recovering from recent surgery to remove a tumor from his liver...

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The tumor was discovered in 2002, when Andrea was 4 years old.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

"So if you have a combination of a silent condition, a combination of lack of access to early detection methods, then what you get, when women find they have something, usually the tumor has grown, has metastasized."

VOA: standard.2010.02.02