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(redirected from Gastrointestinal stromal tumour)

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Paul has endured surgery to remove a massive 8lb tumour in his stomach, diagnosed as extremely rare gastrointestinal stromal tumours and has taken drug Glivec to reduce the cancer, which was only expected to extend his life by up to three years.
As the name suggests, gastrointestinal stromal tumours affect the digestive system.
Peter Duff, 80, had colon and liver cancer, and his 70-year-old wife, Penelope, had been suffering from a rare form of the disease, gastrointestinal stromal tumour, or Gist, for years.
 
 
 
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