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Who has to test for BRCA Gene
Hi ladies I'm 34 and got diagnosed with stage 2 IDC (clear margins lumpectomy, no lymph nodes involved). I've never been asked about testing for the BRCA gene. I have no family history of any time of...
I’m 27 and was told because I have no family history either side of breast or ovarian I didn’t qualify for public funding. I was referred initially purely due to my age. However because I had lobular opposed to ductal I qualified for another range of tests which happened to include BRCA .. I didn’t understand that process but anyways got tested for 5 genes, all negative.
It would have changed my treatment because if you come back BRCA you usually are recommended bilateral mastectomy so I would have had to schedule having the other one off fairly soon, plus when you approach 40 they usually recommend ovarian removal.
It would have changed my treatment because if you come back BRCA you usually are recommended bilateral mastectomy so I would have had to schedule having the other one off fairly soon, plus when you approach 40 they usually recommend ovarian removal.