Total gastrectomies had been performed before, in patients whose stomachs were already ridden with tumors—but never routinely in healthy people who did not have cancer and may ultimately never have cancer at all.
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Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
31 Mar. 2026
Until then, his family have to cope with the uncertainty, with the knot of horror a constant presence in their stomachs.
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