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G31 - July 2006 - Breast Cancer Genes
Intro: One in eight. Those are the odds that your mom, sister, wife or friend has of getting breast cancer in her lifetime. The risk goes way up if you have one of two known breast cancer genes. Let's go to Mayo Clinic where one family used genetic testing to help them cope with the threat of breast cancer.
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| Total running time 1:31 | YOU CAN TELL BY THE TWINKLE IN HER EYE THAT KERI CHRISTIAN IS PROUD TO BE A GRANDMA. |
| Keri Christian | "THAT'S GRANDMA AND LITTLE GUY." |
| KERI'S THRILLED THAT SHE'S HERE TO WATCH THEM GROW UP. YOU SEE, IN 1996 KERI WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. | |
| Keri Christian | "I HAD SURGERY, CHEMO, RADIATION AND A STEM CELL TRANSPLANT." |
| KERI'S MOM ALSO HAD BREAST CANCER. AND THAT MADE HER THINK - MAYBE MY FAMILY HAS A GENE THAT'S CAUSING THE DISEASE. SHE OPTED FOR GENETIC TESTING. | |
| Keri Christian | "THAT KIND OF TEST CAN HELP YOU MAKE SO MANY CHOICES, HELP YOUR DAUGHTER MAKE SO MANY CHOICES." |
| VO: Keri and daughter | CHOICES ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER IN YOUR FAMILY. MAYO CLINIC GENETIC COUNSELOR KATHERINE HUNT SAYS, |
Katherine Hunt |
"IF YOU CARRY ONE OF THE KNOWN HEREDITARY BREAST CANCER GENETIC MUTATIONS, KNOWN AS THE BCRA1 OR BCRA2 MUTATIONS YOUR OVERALL CHANCE OF GETTING BREAST CANCER IS ALMOST 90 PERCENT." |
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SO IF YOU'RE TESTED AND YOU DO HAVE A BREAST CANCER GENE, YOU CAN BE PROACTIVE ABOUT PREVENTING BREAST CANCER. YOUR OPTIONS INCLUDE: CLOSE MONITORING TO CATCH CANCER EARLY, HAVING SURGERY TO REMOVE ALL BREAST TISSUE, OR BY HAVING YOUR OVARIES REMOVED WHICH CUTS YOUR RISK OF BREAST CANCER BY 50 PERCENT AND REDUCES YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING OVARIAN CANCER BY 98 PERCENT. |
| VO: Keri at home | KERI'S TEST WAS NEGATIVE, WHICH WAS A RELIEF TO HER AND HER DAUGHTER JENNIFER. |
| Jennifer Gammons | "INFORMATION MAKES YOU A STRONGER PERSON." |
| VO: Keri and Jennifer at home | STRONGER AND ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH CARE. AND THE HEALTH OF YOUR FAMILY ... |
| FOR MEDICAL EDGE, I'M VIVIEN WILLIAMS. | |
Tag: It's important to note that if you have the test and it's negative, that does not mean you are no longer at risk of getting breast cancer. It means that you do not carry one of two known genes and your risk is not high, but likely the same as the general population. For more information, visit our Web site at ...
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