Doctors grow ear on cancer victim's arm

Doctors in Maryland, US, have successfully grown an ear on a skin cancer patient's arm to replace the one she lost to the disease.

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Published 2 October 2012 2:25pm

Updated 26 August 2013 10:48am

Source: CNN

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Sherrie Walter, 42, had cancer on her ear and had to have it removed, along with many of the structures inside her head.

Doctors made a whole new ear by taking the patient's cartilage from her ribs and shaping it into an ear. They then took that cartilage and put it under her forearm.

After about four months, doctors took that ear out of her forearm, where they carved and sculpted it even more.

Ms Walter says her hearing is now great.

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