Monday, June 19, 2006

Cousins at risk of cancer give up stomachs

Cousins at risk of cancer give up stomachs (AP)

Ten members of the Bradfield family who had their stomachs removed in a procedure called a gastrectomy gathered in Las Vegas Saturday, May 27, 2006. They are, from left rear, Mike Slabaugh, Laura Pollard, Linda Bradfield, Diane Sindt, Connie Gasaway, Rita Cmorey, Jeanni McAbee, Mark Allen and, from left front, Kitty Elliot and Bill Bradfield. Those who had the operation discovered they had a rare genetic mutation that could have caused stomach cancer. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky)AP - Mike Slabaugh doesn't have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stomach cancer killed their grandmother and some of their parents, aunts and uncles.


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