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Some heartburn-medication advertisements imply that unrelieved heartburn ... ...

Some heartburn-medication advertisements imply that unrelieved heartburn is likely to cause esophageal cancer. This is simply false. The fact is that only about 5 percent of people with severe heartburn have a condition called Barrett’s esophagus, in which cells similar to those in the stomach’s lining develop in the lower esophagus. Only these people have an increased risk of developing cancer because of heartburn.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the overall conclusion drawn in the argument?

(A) Only those people with Barrett’s esophagus can suffer an increased risk of developing cancer from heartburn.
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*This question is included in PT70 (Oct 2013): Logical Reasoning B

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