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An Indian musician had a 22lb cancerous tumour cut out of his stomach after doctors warned the growth could have killed him.
Arnab Mukherjee, 45, from Kolkata, was in severe abdominal pain for three months but local doctors failed to detect the tumour when he went for a check-up in August.
His stomach quadrupled in size and medics at Victoria Medical Center discovered the retroperitoneum sarcoma — a cancer in the connective tissue deep in the abdomen behind the kidneys.
The rugby ball-sized malignant tumour was pressed against his major organs and could have killed him if it was not removed.
Dr Makhan Lal Saha performed the four-hour surgery on October 2 with his daughter Priyanka Saha.
Arnab Mukherjee, 45, from Kolkata, had a 22lb cancerous tumour cut out of his stomach after doctors warned the growth could have killed him
