Instead, some suggest that microwave radiation can serve as a promoter of tiny tumors that already exist.

Such advances would help clarify what doctors should do when they find tiny tumors on screening tests.

I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.

Some of the tiny tumors detected may not be destined to be lethal.

And still others may have tiny tumors that turn out to be incurable despite the treatments.

Women who have mastectomy usually do not need radiation, but lumpectomy, even for tiny tumors, is supposed to be followed by radiation.

This harm is becoming more common as screening tests become more sensitive at detecting tiny tumors.

And a biopsy performed soon afterward revealed a tiny tumor.

Once rarely detected, these tiny early tumors have become increasingly common as more women get mammograms.

Studies have looked at using radiation to target very tiny tumors without having to perform surgery, but that's very experimental.