Sisters have stomach removed to avoid cancer that killed relatives

Two sisters have had their stomachs removed to protect themselves from an inherited disease which killed four close family members.

Lisa and Ruth Bendle, who are just 23 and 20, took the decision because they carry a mutated gene that caused fatal stomach cancer in their father, aunt, cousin and grandmother.

They are the first people in Britain to have a vital organ removed to counter the risk of cancer.

Lisa, a science teacher, and Ruth, a student, started undergoing six-monthly tests for the disease after their father David died two years at the age of 49.

There's video of an interview with Ruth Bendle on this page.