Woman in tears over removal of 17-year-old tumour after cancer warning [Video]

After 17 years of a tumour growing from her back, a woman has now been given hope of its removal, despite a cancer warning.

Amy is a patient on TLC reality programme Take My Tumour, which follows people having life-changing surgery to remove growths all over their body and transform their quality of life.

In a preview clip for an upcoming episode, Dr. Cohen examines the mass on Amy’s back, and explains: ‘When patients come in with these masses that they’ve had for a long time, there’s always a concern that it’s not removable, and I’m sure she’s maybe been told by other people, “No it’s too big or it’s not safe or we can’t remove it”.’

He adds to the camera: ‘When I’m examining a patient with a soft tissue mass, I want to know the shape, is it a nice, rounded, smooth thing. Also how well circumscribed it is, does it have nice, smooth …