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Why would they do removal of stomach?
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Gastrectomy: The most common reasons to remove all or some of the stomach include cancer and bleeding or perforated ulcers. Thankfully, this operation is quite rare in the us due to the declining incidence of both of these diseases over the past 40 years.
Answered 11/27/2018
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