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<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) &#8212; Mary Clancey said she was resigned to being a plump old lady. Over 15 years she kept getting bigger despite dieting. But with her health deteriorating, her son persuaded her to go to the hospital.</p><p>What doctors found astounded them: A cyst in one of her ovaries had grown into a 140-pound tumor.</p><p>Doctors at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown removed the cancerous, Stage 1 mass in a five-hour operation Nov. 10.</p><p>Going in, Clancey weighed 365 pounds. After five hours in surgery, she lost 180 pounds of tumor and tissue, about half her weight, the doctors said.</p><p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t imagine in your wildest dreams something that huge,&#8221; she told Philadelphia TV station NBC10.</p><p>As she was gaining weight, Clancey, 71, of St. Clair, Pa., said doctors told her just to watch what she ate. At just over 5 feet tall, she said she felt destined to become &#8220;a short round, fat little old lady.&#8221;</p><p>The tumor didn&#8217;t really cause her pain. &#8220;It just made itself comfortable in there,&#8221; she said.</p><p>But by the time she went to the hospital, it had become difficult for her to walk and even stand.</p><p>Dr. Richard Boulay, who performed the operation, said the mass was so big it didn&#8217;t even fit in the picture taken by a CT scan.</p><p>&#8220;It was slowly killing her,&#8221; Bouley said Thursday during a news conference at the hospital.</p><p>To help in the removal of the tumor, a second table had to be moved next to the one on which Clancey was lying so the mass could be rolled out without it rupturing, The Morning Call reported.</p><p>Made up predominantly of water, the tumor was &#8220;slippery and nasty,&#8221; Boulay said.</p><p>After nearly a month in recovery, Clancey is back home, working to regain her balance as a lighter woman.</p><p>She weighs less than 150 pounds and said she feels great.</p><p>Doctors said tests show she is cancer-free and does not need further treatment, The Call reported.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Mary Clancey, 71, of St. Clair, Schuylkill County, sits after a press conference Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Allentown, Pa., discussing how Richard Boulay, a gynecologic oncologist and his surgical team removed of a 140-pound malignant ovarian mass from Clancey last November. (April Bartholomew /The Morning Call via AP)</div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/web1_AP17069759430736.jpg</photo0><caption0>Mary Clancey, 71, of St. Clair, Schuylkill County, sits after a press conference Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Allentown, Pa., discussing how Richard Boulay, a gynecologic oncologist and his surgical team removed of a 140-pound malignant ovarian mass from Clancey last November. (April Bartholomew /The Morning Call via AP)</caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
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St. Clair woman resigned to being overweight learns she had 140-pound tumor