Karen Chelcun Schreiber of Madison, Wis., had surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital to remove her stomach.
(Wiqan Ang for the Boston Globe)
When courage is the cure
One family's battle with a rare stomach cancer shows the great promise and hard realities of gene science
Karen Chelcun Schreiber of Madison, Wis., had surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital to remove her stomach.
(Wiqan Ang for the Boston Globe)
Her mother died from stomach cancer at the age of 52. Her brother was stricken with the same disease at 56. (Full article: 1315 words)
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