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[quote=Anonymous]My mom is BRCA+. She told my brother and me as soon as she found out. I immediately got tested and am negative. My brother is not great about following through on certain things or going to medical appointments and has dragged his feet (it's been almost 13 years). Now that he has a child and has secured a hefty life insurance policy, I expect he'll get tested. My mom's sisters and cousins were very upset when she suggested they get tested. One of my aunts did eventually get tested after finding a suspicious lump that turned out to be benign, but only because her doctor basically insisted. She was negative. Two of my second cousins also got tested and are positive-- one actually has breast cancer currently and her sister got a prophylactic mastectomy after getting the BRCA result. Their children are all negative. At this point, my moms siblings and first cousins are all in their 70s and I guess they figure it's not worth finding out because they wouldn't go through chemo, etc. [/quote]

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