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It's very important for people particularly women to test for BRCA. Men with the gene should alert female relatives. For those women that have the gene there ar
by jo6gwb 5y ago
It's very important for people particularly women to test for BRCA. Men with the gene should alert female relatives.
For those women that have the gene there are non surgical options today to prevent some of these cancers.
Highly recommend this documentary from PBS on the topic as well: https://inheritance-brcafilm.com/pbs-documentary https://inheritance-brcafilm.com/pbs-documentary
- MarcoZavala 5y ago
- toiletduck 5y agoMy Dad died after a long and difficult fight with prostate cancer that advanced to untreatable Stage 4 very quickly because of an underlying BRCA2 mutation. I'm so thankful the NHS tested him for this, and then tested my brother and I (both positive), and then sponsored IVF for my brother to concieve his first child with screening for BRCA2 mutation. He now has a five month old baby girl who doesn't have the same coinflip requirement that BRCA2 brings girls of almost-guaranteed servere breast cancer and invasive life-changing surgery to reduce risk, and my brother and I both get MRIs at 40 and regular screening for when we (very likely) get prostate cancer. This article was such a surprise to see at the top of HN, and I urge everyone to share it as both a lovely good news story and awareness of how underlying genes can cause aggressive cancers.