Last
year, about 100,000 women were tested for the BRCA gene mutation that
causes a significantly increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer in
women, and of prostate and pancreatic cancer in men. And that number
is expected to keep growing, since more and more insurance companies
are covering the test.
The question many mothers are now asking
- especially those who test positive for the mutation - is, when should
our daughters be tested?
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