A Californian woman has given up her fight against the Department of Labor to receive compensation for stomach cancer that she believes was caused by her years of working at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, according to the Contra Costa Times.

Francine Moran, 61, had filed a claim in 2003 under the under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. In 2005, she received a response that she was being denied compensation as there was "only a 43.9 percent chance her cancer was caused by her job."

The calculation of her exposure, based on the readings of a radiation-monitoring badge she wore at the lab, had fallen short of the 50 percent needed to qualify for compensation. She appealed the decision because she was not told to wear a badge for the first five years of her employment at the laboratory.

"It's like they were saying, 'Yes, we caused your cancer, but not by enough,'" she said. "And I think that's very insulting."

Moran recently suffered a heart attack in 2006,which she believes was caused by the stress of the whole process. The heart attack was her turning point, according to Moran. She decided to drop the case and live the rest of her life to the fullest.