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Title: Fox Health: Woman removes colon to prevent deadly cancer
Post by: riky on March 14, 2013, 08:00:24 AM
Woman removes colon to prevent deadly cancer

<p>By the time she was 34, Lynne Fisher had already lost her uncle, father and brother to colon cancer.  Genetic testing revealed she had gene mutation that put her at 80 percent risk for contracting the disease herself.  So she took matters into her own hands and had a drastic surgery to preempt the cancer</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/health/~4/zYds_3yWjOw" height="1" width="1"/>

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