A 40 YEAR OLD WOMAN IS TESTED AND IS TOLD THAT SHE HAS THE BRCA1 GENE. THAT MEANS SHE HAS ABOUT 80% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING BREAST CANCER AND IS AT HIGH RISK FOR OVARIAN AND COLON CANCER.

SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE THESE RESULTS AND WANTS NO ONE TO TELL HER MOTHER, HER FOUR SISTERS, OR HER THREE DAUGHTERS, SOME OF WHOM MAY BE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CANCER.

A 40 year old woman is tested and is told that she has the BRCA1 gene. That means she has about 80% chance of developing breast cancer and is at high risk for ovarian and colon cancer. She does not believe these results and wants no one to tell her mother, her four sisters, or her three daughters, some of whom may be in the early stages of cancer.

A 40 year old woman is tested and is told that she has the BRCA1 gene. That means she has about 80% chance of developing breast cancer and is at high risk for ovarian and colon cancer. She does not believe these results and wants no one to tell her mother, her four sisters, or her three daughters, some of whom may be in the early stages of cancer.

A 40 year old woman is tested and is told that she has the BRCA1 gene. That means she has about 80% chance of developing breast cancer and is at high risk for ovarian and colon cancer. She does not believe these results and wants no one to tell her mother, her four sisters, or her three daughters, some of whom may be in the early stages of cancer.

A 40 year old woman is tested and is told that she has the BRCA1 gene. That means she has about 80% chance of developing breast cancer and is at high risk for ovarian and colon cancer. She does not believe these results and wants no one to tell her mother, her four sisters, or her three daughters, some of whom may be in the early stages of cancer.

A 40 year old woman is tested and is told that she has the BRCA1 gene. That means she has about 80% chance of developing breast cancer and is at high risk for ovarian and colon cancer. She does not believe these results and wants no one to tell her mother, her four sisters, or her three daughters, some of whom may be in the early stages of cancer.