首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Mike Slabaugh doesn’ t have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stoma
Mike Slabaugh doesn’ t have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stoma
admin
2010-05-26
100
问题
Mike Slabaugh doesn’ t have a stomach. Neither do his 10 cousins. Growing up, they watched helplessly as a rare hereditary stomach cancer killed their grandmother and some of their parents, aunts and uncles. Determined to outsmart the cancer, they turned to genetic testing. Upon learning they had inherited Grandmother Golda Bradfield’ s flawed gene, these were their options: Risk the odds that they might not develop cancer, with a 70 percent chance they would; or have their stomachs removed. The latter would mean a challenging life of eating very little, very often.
All the cousins chose the life-changing operation. Doctors say they’re the largest family to have preventive surgery to protect themselves from hereditary stomach cancer. "We’re not only surviving, we’ re thriving," said Slabaugh 16 months after his operation at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto.
Advances in genetic testing are increasingly giving families with bad genes a chance to see the future, sometimes with the hope of pre-emptive action. People have had stomachs, breasts, ovaries, colons or thyroid glands removed when genetic tests showed they carried a defective gene that gave them a high risk of cancer.
But what about people whose families don’ t have these rare, but powerful genetic defects? Experts say that someday, doctors may do DNA tests as routinely as they check cholesterol(胆固醇) levels now, spotting disease risks that can be lowered. That day isn’t here yet, but progress is being made.
What does "preventive surgery" refer to in this passage?
选项
答案
The operation to have the stomach removed.
解析
这是一道逻辑词汇题。在第一段中提到Mike和他的堂兄妹有两个选择。而在第二段第一句提到他的堂兄妹们选择手术,用到“operation”一词,与“surgery”意思相同,所以医生说他们是为防止遗传性胃癌而做预防手术的最大的家庭,很显然这个手术指的就是胃部切除手术。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/E2V7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Dogsaresocialanimalsandwithoutpropertraining,theywillbehaveaswildanimals.Theywillsoilyourhouses,【M1】_
ComputersConcernYouWhenCharlesBabbage,aprofessorofmathematicsatCambridgeUniversity,inventedthefirstcalculati
ComputersConcernYouWhenCharlesBabbage,aprofessorofmathematicsatCambridgeUniversity,inventedthefirstcalculati
"Theworld’senvironmentissurprisinglyhealthy.Discuss."Ifthatwereailexaminationtopic,moststudentswouldtearitapar
A、Food.B、Rent.C、Light.D、Heating.A
A、Tofindanotherseat.B、Totaketheseat.C、Toseeoutofthewindow.D、Tofindoutthewing.A男士说,座位正好在飞机翅膀附近,不会看到任何景观,A项“换一个
ASenseofCrisisAroundtheworld,governmentsseeviolenceinschoolsasagrowingproblem.Thesubjectisontheagen
ASenseofCrisisAroundtheworld,governmentsseeviolenceinschoolsasagrowingproblem.Thesubjectisontheagen
Oneofthe【C1】______beautifulsightsinthebirdworldisthemalepeafowl,orpeacock,strutting(炫耀)proudly【C2】______with
Oneofthe【C1】______beautifulsightsinthebirdworldisthemalepeafowl,orpeacock,strutting(炫耀)proudly【C2】______with
随机试题
视乳头水肿在临床诊断颅内高压的意义是
下列属于不可辨认无形资产的是()。
关于定额单价法编制施工图预算的说法,错误的有()。
《进出境动物临时检疫场许可证》有效期6个月,只允许用于—批动物的隔离使用。( )
2008年度甲企业与乙企业共同使用面积为8000平方米的土地,该土地建筑面积15000平方米,甲企业使用其中的4/5,乙企业使用其中的1/5。除此之外,经有关部门批准,乙企业经批准,在2008年1月份新征用非耕地6000平方米。甲乙企业共同使用土地所处地段
立信股份有限公司2008年12月31日的有关资料如下:(1)科目余额表:(2)债权债务明细科目余额:应收账款明细资料如下:应收账款———A公司借方余额100000元应收账款———B公司贷方余额20000元预付账款明细资料如下:预付
根据教师关注的内容,把教师生涯分为四个阶段,并提出教师生涯关注理论的美国学者是()。
国家权力机关的监督是()对公安机关及其人民警察执法活动的监督。
已知y”+(x+3e2y)(y’)3=0(y’≠0),当把y视为自变量,而把x视为因变量时:在新形式下求方程的通解.
Whatisthecomplaintmentionedinthepassage?
最新回复
(
0
)