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Breast Cancer
Quicker testing for BRCA genes available - at a price
May 13th, 2004
Jeannine Salamone was just 30 when genetic testing made her abandon hope that removing the aggressive tumor growing in one breast would be treatment enough. She switched to a double mastectomy. "Granted, that was a tough decision," she says. "It was pretty clear to me I didn't want to go through the rest of my life worried about another breast cancer." Salamone was unusual: Few women today are offered genetic testing soon after a diagnosis of breast cancer. More often, they recover from the first tumor and then decide whether to learn if they're at risk for additional cancer fueled by the notorious BRCA genes. Why' Testing can...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-13)
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