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Date Posted: 11:32:08 03/04/02 Mon
Author: Cassie Dyer
Subject: Testing of Family Bonds: Question 3

I think that genetic testing, especially for breast cancer, can bring about a false sense of security for a person who is tested negative. There is that chance that Lani will not develop breast cancer because she does not carry the gene, but the number of women who contract breast cancer through a gene is extremely minute. The majority of cases of breast cancer are not caused by genes. For the most part, Lani is not completely safe for developing breast cancer. Her chances for getting breast cancer are only the slightest bit less. However, this news that she does carry the breast cancer gene may give Lani that false sense that she is more protected from breast cancer than she actually is. Lani should not feel invincible because there is that larger chance that she will get breast cancer from another cause.

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