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Chinese doctors remove lung tumour for baby still in mother’s womb, using needle

· By Dannie Peng
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Chinese doctors have performed an unprecedented surgery to save an unborn child who developed a fast-growing tumour. A medical team from Shenzhen and Hong Kong recently completed a challenging, precise reduction of a foetal chest tumour while the baby was still in the womb, offering new hope to families facing simil…

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