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[quote=Anonymous]It's hard to wrap my brain around Olivia's story.  Why would you have your first screening at 43 if you've always gone to the doctors and were high risk? I've been in enhanced surveillance since I was 25 even though my mom was 44 when she was diagnosed. They take it seriously and offer MRI every 6 months. Then you move to alternating MRI and mammogram in your 30's. Anyone with even one relative with breast cancer would have had a first screening way before 40. My assessment score is 10 points lower than Olivia's and I know I'd be sent packing with a negative mammogram even with my risks. What on earth made her number increase by that much? I know it's not having a baby at 40 because my sister had her child at 40 and her score isn't as high as Olivia's either even with all of our other risk factors. They might have kept my already existing screening schedule but they wouldn't order an urgent MRI after a clear mammogram and negative BRCA test.

I have too much direct experience with this to not ask these questions. How does someone with the highest assessment score I've personally seen have her first screening as late as 43? Why would anyone keep pursuing a diagnosis after a negative BRCA test and negative mammogram? It doesn't make any sense.[/quote]

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