Tuesday, January 2, 2018

One man's choice: Life without a stomach, or dying from stomach cancer?


Published 7:51 pm, Wednesday, December 27, 2017


David Fogel watched his aunt die a devastating death. She was diagnosed at age 56 with advanced stomach cancer, a disease as persistent as it is painful. It took her life in a grueling 24 months.
Fifteen years later, Fogel still describes his aunt's immense suffering as one of the most traumatic experiences of his life.
It's a horror he would never want to put his own family through - if he could help it.
Advancements in genomic research meant he could.





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