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20-Year-Old Decides On Double Mastectomy After Gene Test
ResumeThanks to genetic testing, young women in their twenties — or even their teens — can now find out whether they have the gene mutation associated with a high risk of breast cancer.
That could be part of why more young women are getting mastectomies, often against doctors’ advice.
From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Kate Wells of Michigan Radio brings us one young woman's story.
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- Kate Wells, reporter for Michigan Radio. She tweets @KateLouiseWells.
This segment aired on December 19, 2013.