How did you decide to have genetic testing?

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member4057 (Survivor (1 year)) - 08 / 15 / 2011

I was thinking about having genetic testing after losing my mom to breast cancer. She was BRCA2 positive. I thought I had a bit more time to contemplate my decision. As it turned out, I did not. A short time after she died, I was diagnosed with breast cancer myself. After my diagnosis, there really was no other reasonable course of action other than going ahead with the testing. I needed tests results to determine my course of treatment. If I had not been diagnosed with breast cancer, I probably would still have decided to go ahead with the test. In addition to my mom, I also have three aunts who had breast cancer on my mom's side and one or two on my dad's side as well.

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