Wednesday, May 15, 2013

7 Questions--Plus A Few--On Cancer Gene Testing

7 Questions On Cancer Gene Testing by Dr. Susan Domchek.  CNN.  May 15, 2013.

Among the questions addressed by the article are the following:  What is BRCA Testing?  What does a positive result mean?  Does everyone need to be tested?  How much is BRCA testing and does insurance cover it?

Here are some more from the article:

(1)  The BRCA can be performed with blood or ________.

(2) BRCA2 is also associated with cancers of ________________________________.

(3)  Testing for children is or is not recommended.

(4)  Since there is not a reliable screening for ovarian cancers it is recommended that BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers ________________________________________________

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