我为什么要接受测试?
如果出现以下情况,您可能需要考虑进行基因检测:
• There are several members of your family (following the same lineage) who have been diagnosed with cancer or you have one or more members of your family who have had multiple different types of cancer.
• You have family members whose cancers were diagnosed at young ages for their cancer types.
• There is cancer in your family that is sometimes linked to gene mutation (like breast or ovarian cancer), particularly if it has been diagnosed in several close relatives (parents, children or siblings).
• Your family member has had genetic testing and discovered a gene mutation.
• You are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (1 in 40 will have a BRCA gene mutation).
基因检测——无论结果如何——都不能取代常规癌症筛查。如果你的基因突变会增加患癌症的风险,你可能需要更早或更频繁地进行检测。