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NYC docs successfully remove 5-year-old Ethiopian girl's lethal cantaloupe-size tumor

By New York Post  
   July 06, 2021

A pair of Manhattan doctors removed a lethal tumor the size of a cantaloupe from a 5-year-old Ethiopian girl’s face in an intense, hours-long surgery — and she proudly showed off her new mug on Tuesday. Little Nagalem Alafa, who lives in a rural village in the African country, has never had access to specialized healthcare and since birth, has suffered from a “vascular malformation” on her face that’s kept her out of school and prevented her from socializing with kids her own age. 

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