Health
Ashkenazi Jews face a higher cancer risk because of the BRCA gene. It means ‘scanxiety’, surgery — and empowerment – ABC News
For most people, the risk of carrying the BRCA gene mutation is one in 400. For Ashkenazi Jews, that number is one in 40. It means making difficult decisions ab…
Sarah was 23 when she found out that, most likely, over the next 20 years everything that “made me a woman” would have to be surgically removed.
Her breasts and ovaries were “tainted in some way” and put her at risk.
Sarah has up to a 70 per cent chance of developing breast cancer and up to 40 per cent chance of ovarian cancer, due to a BRCA gene fault the genetic condition made famous by Angelina Jolie.
“I definitely have had moments of anger about it. It’s inconvenient. It’s upsetting. The …
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