Pre-Puberty Breast Cancer Screening?

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Registered: 04-04-2005
Pre-Puberty Breast Cancer Screening?
Fri, 06-06-2008 - 11:20am

As breast cancer research and testing improves our understanding of the disease, more and more women are aware of the steps to take to get screened and protect against disease. In fact, studies show more young women are getting mammographies in recent years. But a recent story on ABCNews.com looks at girls as young as 8 and even 4 years old being tested for genetic predisposition for breast cancer. Awareness goes a long way, is there such a thing as too young? Now that we know so much about the genetic mutation that can lead to breast cancer, would you let your daughter be tested early? How old would she have to be before you’d consider testing?




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