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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Facing Cancer, a Stark Choice - NYTimes.com/blogger's response to article



Facing Cancer, a Stark Choice - NYTimes.com

You’re not going to find other organs that people cut out of their bodies because they’re worried about disease,” said the medical historian Dr. Barron H. Lerner"

My response:

This quote by Dr Lerner, while possibly true of earlier research, is not true today. In fact, cancer patients do have prophylactic surgeries to reduce their risk of cancer/s aside from the most common BRCA carriers. This includes patients which carry mutations in the FAP and Lynch Syndromes.

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