Clearly because of the fact that her mom had breast cancer, you know have two people in the family with breast cancer. Theres no family history of ovarian [cancer]?
The report I saw said breast and cervical cancer but not ovarian cancer. Cervical [cancer is] not related. But her risk of having the breast cancer gene is now up to 6%, 7% and there are different ways to calculate that. And now she’s only 36 years old, her mom had breast cancer — I’ll presume it was postmenopausal — so I’m at least having a conversation with her about genetic testing [if I were her doctor]. Applegate’s breast cancer was found through MRI. It’s not clear from her publicist’s statement if this was her first, baseline MRI or if she’s gotten other MRIs to screen for breast cancer. In March 2007, an expert panel convened by the American Cancer Society recommended that only women at high risk of breast cancer get annual MRI screening in addition to mammography. Where do you stand on MRI screening? It depends what month you ask me. It is a very, very controversial topic. We are using the recommendations that you just alluded to. But there is no data — the women who are getti
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