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I am the son of a Breast Cancer survivor.
Right now, I am working on my undergrad at University of Maryland....
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Nikolai Hamel: You've written for several popular television shows, including Felicity, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, and now, Gossip Girl. With such a creative background, you easily could have written a fictional account of your story. How did you decide to write a non-fiction account? Or...
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what do you think?
Nikolai
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 at 02:10 PM
There is a new test that is supposed to be able to predict a womans chance of getting breast cancer, based on a scale ranging up to 4 times as likely as an average woman. This sounds like a wonderful test for sure, but the down sides are it cost over 1500 dollars and many experts are calling it untested and likely to mislead. On the otherside the inventors of the test say they have measured its accuracy on over 100,000 woman worldwide and are very satisfied with the statistics. What do you think? If you want to read the whole thing, try here http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/news-271028-98.html
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test for the BRCA gene
Sheila a 3 year Survivor
Friday, October 10, 2008 at 07:11 PM
What is the age if any for you or someone you know to be tested for the gene. I'm a survivor and I have a 9 year old that is asking questions about how young you can be to get the breast cancer.
There is a new test that is supposed to be able to predict a womans chance of getting breast cancer, based on a scale ranging up to 4 times as likely as an average woman. This sounds like a wonderful test for sure, but the down sides are it cost over 1500 dollars and many experts are calling it untested and likely to mislead. On the otherside the inventors of the test say they have measured its accuracy on over 100,000 woman worldwide and are very satisfied with the statistics. What do you think? If you want to read the whole thing, try here http://www.healthcentral.com/breast-cancer/news-271028-98.html