# Any update on the Madison Smith case in Tarzana, CA?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 7, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-madison-smith-case-in-tarzana-ca/44496 "2000-12-07T16:54:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-madison-smith-case-in-tarzana-ca/44496/1 "2000-12-07T16:54:27Z")

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I haven’t heard anything since this was current. Long story short: This child had a massive slow-growing **benign** tumor inside her body, and the doctors were not sure how they were going to deal with it since it had grown so large.

[http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/GoodMorningAmerica/000512\_Madison\_feat.html](http://www.abcnews.go.com/onair/GoodMorningAmerica/000512_Madison_feat.html)

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-update-on-the-madison-smith-case-in-tarzana-ca/44496/2 "2004-09-15T02:28:59Z")

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Well, she’s [still hanging in there](http://www.king5.com/health/stories/NW_081004HE_KINGONLY_kiddoctorSW.63e119ed.html). (Registration required, but it’s free.)

And [here’s her website](http://madisonsfoundation.org/).