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Originally Posted by McheleM  So, if you had BRCA testing for a mutated gene and it increased your chances of developing breast cancer in your lifetime by 20%, you would still keep your breasts?
What percentage would you need to be at to have surgery? |
Tough questions, and makes me re-think the cancer risk as one of my reasons for neutering my dogs (although it was never first on my list of reasons).
My mom died from breast cancer at age 42, so I am technically in the high risk category. However, there were many factors that affected her that do not apply to me. I choose not to have the BRCA testing and I would not have elective surgery based on the results. Uterine cancer risk, maybe, but not breast.
I am also a high risk for thyroid cancer, but I chose to keep my thyroid and used a high risk drug to regulate hyperthyroidism.