How Pauly Shore Found Out He Had a Tumor That Caused No Symptoms: ‘Instinct Played a Huge Role’

New York Post ^ | Aug. 30, 2025 | McKenzie Beard

[irishjuggler]

You’re welcome. Happy to help.

[Fledermaus]

Hit and miss. I like several of his movies.

[John Milner]

How do they know it’s been in him for 2 decades? Did he have a scan in 2005 that showed a dot of a tumor?

[Jane Long]

Good Gosh!! The *testimonies*, at that site you linked, sound like surgeons wildest dreams.

Good thing they had these scans so so many tumors could be removed, chemo rounds given and heart by-passes completed.

[irishjuggler]

It’s a good question, and the article does not provide that info. In general, though, there are methods to estimate how quickly cells are dividing and tissue is growing. If you apply the estimated growth rate to the tumor’s current size, you can roughly guess its age.

[TalBlack]

“Princeton Longevity “ in NJ advertised heavily here on the east coast. They do a whole body scan. You’re there for the day. They go over it with you right then and there. I think I looked up the cost and it was 5000. 00 not 500.00 but I could be wrong

[jimwatx]

The tumor was small slow growing and benign. The unnecessary operation he submitted to was way more of a danger to his life than just leaving it alone and keeping an eye on it.

[nickcarraway]

I’m not sure we can know that without actual medical information.

[FreeReign]

Folks, I highly urge people to get at least one of these scans done. I have had three, over the years. For $500, you can have this done with the company we used for the two most recent scans (Ezra):

What kind of contrast do they use?

[ConservativeMind]

They did not have the shorter scan available, so we had the $1,499 scan and it looks at the back vertebrae and likely has more detail available than the $499 one, but as I see it, there's not much difference, now, between them, outside of that.

We had ours on a trip to Florida. You can find out the types of MRI scanners available. I chose one that had the highest-end capabilities, at those times.

I can say I did not have any cancers or other lurking issues, as of a point in time. It did measure my prostate and tell my wife the number and sizes of uterine fibroids, so those are examples of added insights. There are a lot of organs covered, mainly because the slices taken cover them.

[ConservativeMind]

No contrast is used.

[FreeReign]

No contrast is used

Great. I'm seeing down side to this test.

[FreeReign]

...no down side to this test.

[ConservativeMind]

What is the downside?

[ConservativeMind]

Gotcha.