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| 10/13/2011 | my maternal aunt had breast cancer and has undergone a double mastectomy. I have recently had open excisional surgery where lcis was found. My aunt had the BRCA test done and it came back negative. Should I have the genetic test done as well or are her results sufficient for me? | ||
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| 10/14/2011 | If she is negative then it would be assumed that you too would be negative. so there is something familial going on but not necessarily caused by BRCA 1 or 2 genes. you should be followed in a high risk clinic now. glad that no cancer was found for you. there are ways to reduce your risk, for example, the drug tamoxifen. | ||
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