Eleven cousins have their stomachs removed to prevent cancer

[thewayne]

Their family had a genetic mutation and they had a 70% chance of contracting stomach cancer, which they'd seen many family members die from. So they opted to have their stomachs removed. Several had the operation done at Standford, subsequent biopsy showed that they all had pre-cancerous growths.

Wow. I guess it's an easy choice to make when the alternative is almost certain death.

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