Maria Menounos Says Doctors Initially Missed Her Cancerous Tumor.<br />Maria Menounos is again speaking out about her battle with pancreatic cancer ... and her experience has been more horrifying than anyone could imagine.<br /><br />The entertainment reporter sat for an interview on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast hosted by Amanda Hirsch, during which Maria made a stunning revelation … her doctors completely missed her cancerous tumor during an initial exam, causing it to greatly metastasize.<br />Maria said after doctors discovered the enlarged tumor, they went back to their records to check her November scan, thinking they had already noted she had the disease.<br /><br />But, such was not the case, according to Maria, who explained on the July 4 podcast, "At that point, it was two centimeters (0.79 inches) and by the time they had found it was almost four centimeters (1.5 inches), it had doubled in size in two months."<br /><br />Pretty terrifying stuff. And, Maria is now trying to get to the bottom of how the physicians overlooked her lump.<br />She said, “What I’ve learned since is … different scans have the ability to see different things better." She added that an MRI could have caught the growth initially, although she realizes the process, overall, is very complicated.<br /><br />As you know, Maria announced in January she was diagnosed with stage 2 pancreatic cancer and she has been rather open about her health struggles.<br /><br />Some good news to report ... Maria and her husband, Keven Undergaro, announced in April they were expecting their baby girl to be born this summer.<br /><br />Can't wait to see the little one. Congrats, you two.
