#67 - Implications of Genetic Testing, Your Right To Know | with Wendy
Breast Cancer Conversations
English - June 15, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsEducation breast cancer breast cancer stories breast cancer survivor chemotherapy mastectomy cancer chemo double mastectomy tnbc er positive breast cancer Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What are the implications of genetic testing? It can certainly help a person diagnosed with breast cancer make informed decisions about surgery options. It can also provide information on a predisposition to breast cancer or other cancers. Finding out your family history and genetic information comes with a few ethical questions to consider. Your genes carry details about not just your genetic make-up, but that of your relatives, where you came from and what you are passing on to offspring.
Listen to today's episode where we speak with Wendy. Wendy is a breast cancer survivor who was diagnose with ER+, PR+ and HER2+ breast cancer. She opted for genetics testing and shares insights on what she discovered.
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“I have a right to know”
“When we talk about it we can help each other and share information”
“Cancer is a mental disease as much as it is a physical disease”
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