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[quote=Anonymous]I had it done last year as part of the information we were gathering to manage breast condition they put me in a higher risk group for cancer (LCIS.) I found the process of talking to the counselor pretty interesting, there were aspects to my family history I hadn’t considered. I had some choice about how extensive I wanted the testing to be and I really did think about that. I decided I didn’t want to know “everything” just genetic risk for things related to breast and GYN cancers. If you go down that road you really need to think about what you will do with the information once you have it. Because you’ll have different options if you screen positive that include monitoring, preventive procedures etc. You will also be in the “now you know” situation which for some is great and others very anxiety producing. So really think about that and if this is information you want.  Honestly my biggest concern was how to talk to my daughter about it if I had screened positive. Good luck to you.[/quote]

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