I am a 53 year old woman dealing with trip. neg. recurring breast cancer. My grandmother and greatgrandmother on my moms side also had breast cancer. My onc. is really pushing me to get genetic testing done, because I have a 22 year old daughter. She says she doesnt want to know if shes got the gene. I at this point in my life have had amastectomy of my left breast, plus a number of surgeries for basil cell carcinomas. These were also major surgeries. If my daughter doesnt want to know, and I dont want to go through anymore surgeries as a precaution, whats the point? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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I am a 53 year old woman dealing with trip. neg. recurring breast cancer. My grandmother and greatgrandmother on my moms side also had breast cancer. My onc. is really pushing me to get genetic testing done, because I have a 22 year old daughter. She says she doesnt want to know if shes got the gene. I at this point in my life have had amastectomy of my left breast, plus a number of surgeries for basil cell carcinomas. These were also major surgeries. If my daughter doesnt want to know, and I dont want to go through anymore surgeries as a precaution, whats the point? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
October 29, 2011 - 11:30amThis Comment
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