Can tumors be psychosomatic?

I'm watching Star Trek DS9 and the doctor just said tumors can manifest psychosomatically. Is that a medical idea from when the show was being made in the 90's? Do you think the writers were just taking liberties? I can't find anything today about psychosomatic tumors, except helping cancer patients minimize and deal with psychosomatic symptoms.

Anonymous2019-09-18T15:27:39Z

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I KNOW the writers were taking liberties. Every doctor knows that a tumor is when cells divide too fast. there's nothing psychosomatic about tumors

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Anonymous2019-09-20T01:45:44Z

Just imagination.

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John DD2019-09-18T14:14:37Z

That only happens for people in Warp speed

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