How long had the tumor been growing according to the speaker?

Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Brain Tumor Shock: How Healthy People Get Them

19 May 2025 · 0 min

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Robert Whitfield MD examines Taylor Dukes' brain tumor diagnosis, explaining how the tumor likely grew undetected for 7 to 10 years. An immunosuppressed state created what Whitfield calls a "perfect storm" that allowed the growth to accelerate, showing how healthy people can develop serious tumors without warning signs.

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The speaker estimates it had been growing for maybe 7–8 years, possibly up to 10 years.

I think it really freaks people out when they hear, like, Taylor Dukes, the healthy person, had a brain tumor. But what I always like to remind people is in my neurosurgeon, neuro, oncologist, everyone have said this has been growing for years, so it didn't happen overnight. But it was the perfect storm with my immune system that was suppressed. You know, it had been growing for maybe seven to eight years, maybe 10 years, they said.