I have thinking about this for a couple of weeks as I have just lost a second aunt on my Dad's side to breast cancer ( and he has had prostrate cancer which can also be linked). I am not sure if I would want to know for sure, I think I would opt for enhanced screening, paying for private MRI,s if necessary. I think if I knew for sure I may feel a bit doomed, and I don't think I would go as far as Angelina anyway, or not until I was older anyway. One of my Aunts died at the same age I am now ( 45) : (
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BRCA1/2 gene testing, should I ? Would you?
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wigglybeezer · 15/05/2013 22:08
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