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penny
04/23/08
penny
Category: What test is available for daughters of breast cancer victims and how reliable is test

I am 62, have cancer, mother & sister had cancer, have 2 daughters, what tests they take

I am 62 and in my second year of cancer therapy, Arimidex.  My mother and sister had cancer.  Mother died at 89, sister still living, had cancer at 52 and is now 57 years old. I have two daughter, 24 and 28.  Is ther a test that they should take that tells if they have the gene for…

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