As they grow, tumors can press on the surrounding nerves.
In the fall, with a tumor pressing against the nerves of his lower back, he was using a wheelchair.
In soft tissue, the tumor may press on nearby areas, causing pain or other problems.
A tumor pressing on a nerve can create hoarseness, he said.
Some tumors can press on the spinal cord, leading to back, neck, and leg pain.
It turns out there was a malignant tumor pressing against her lung and heart.
An autopsy showed a tumor pressing on his hypothalamus.
"You didn't give him an X-ray and find a tumor pressing against a lobe of his brain, did you?"
If untreated, a growing tumor can press on the optic nerves and cause:
Sure enough, after visiting a doctor in mid-December for a sore neck, he learned that a tumor was pressing on his nerves.
