[ConservativeMind]

If someone in your family has had breast cancer, that might be enough to consider getting the test.

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[Steven Scharf]

So ordains the MRI full employment union.

[metmom]

"People understand very well the value of testing for variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2, the most common breast cancer predisposition genes. These results show that testing other genes, like ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2, can also lead to improved outcomes," said Dr. Mark Robson.

Sure they do.

That explains why after my mom died from breast cancer, not ONE doctor ever suggested getting checked for it myself.

This is pretty typical of the inaction and outright negligence of the medical community in addressing health issues.

About the only thing the medical community has proven useful for is getting prescriptions for medicines I had already figured out I needed, which they always confirm, not because I told them, but because I made an appointment with a health need and they came to the same conclusion I already had.

As shallow, non-proactive, unimaginative, and apathetic as most of them are, I don’t see the value of the medical degree except to be a prescription writing service.

[BamaBelle]

The breast MRI is the only test that has ever given me a panic attack. It’s the way you have to lay on the table and the length of the test (30-45 min). They had to stop the first try until I could come back after getting a valium from my doc...after which I got through it. I am considered very high risk because both my older sisters have had breast cancer as well as some aunts and great aunts. Each year I get a regular mammogram and then six months later the breast MRI. So far no cancer, thankfully!

[Irish Eyes]

These results show that testing other genes, like ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2, can also lead to improved outcomes," said Dr. Mark Robson.

What is the test for these genes.