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Friend says she has a 90% chance of developing stomach cancer so she's having it completely removed? is this plausible
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It is plausible.: Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer is an inherited disorder with a specific germline mutation that can be identified by testing. If she has this, her risk is >80% of developing advanced gastric cancer. She is also at a high risk of developing a type of breast cancer and should bereferred to a high risk breast cancer clinic for enhanced screening.
Answered 9/29/2016
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