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Thoracic spinal cord tumor growing, will it require removal?
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May be: Is the tumor in the spinal cord or in the tissue around the spinal cord? Depending on the location and type of tumor surgery may be needed. See this site for info. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001403.htm.
Answered 10/26/2016
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