Re: Testing family bonds #3 -- Genetics

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Date Posted: 12:35:10 05/13/02 Mon
Author: cara vitale
Subject: Re: Testing family bonds #3
In reply to: Christina Finkenhofer 's message, "Testing family bonds #3" on 19:40:47 03/13/02 Wed

Christina is absolutly right. A person can get any disease from anything these days. If you walk out of your house, you get cancer. Knowing you don't have the gene for something can lead a person to false hopes, and even though they can still develop the disease, i think it is better for them to live their life as if they are never going to get it. carpe diem all the way.

>Genetic testing can provide a false sense of security
>and a person being genetically tested for breast
>cancer should be aware of the possibility developing
>cancer despite the results. Although a person may not
>be geneticall predisposed to cancer, he/she are
>subject to developing cancer from many other sources.
>A person who finds that he/she is not genetically
>predisposed to cancer should continue to be screened
>for cancer due to the varying risks.

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Re: Testing family bonds #3 -- Amy, 21:37:59 05/13/02 Mon