They Had Their Stomachs Removed When Gene Tests Said They Risked Cancer. But Now These Sisters Face an Even Crueller Dilemma ; Good Health
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AS IF Lisa Bendle, 24, and her sister Ruth, 22, haven't been through enough in their young lives already. During the next few months, they will have to make some agonising decisions.
The sisters from Hertfordshire, in the south east of England, made medical history last year when both had their stomachs removed on the same day in the same hospital.See the full content of this document
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They Had Their Stomachs Removed When Gene Tests Said They Risked Cancer. But Now These Sisters Face an Even Crueller Dilemma ; Good Health
They were found to carry a gene that puts them at greater risk of stomach cancer -- a disease that has already claimed the lives of several of their family. The radical surgery almost certainly saved them from death. But with the rogue gene they carry putting them at higher risk of other life-threatening diseases, the...
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