所有女性该做BRCA1和BRCA2的筛查吗？---在将来,BRCA测试可能会成为像乳房X光或结肠镜检查

据美国国家癌症研究所的最新估计，基于几十年的研究，高达40％的那些遗传到有害的BRCA1基因变异者到70岁时会发展为卵巢癌。而相比之下，普通女性在某阶段患卵巢癌的机率大约1.4％。

According to the National Cancer Institute’s most recent estimates, based on decades of research, up to 40 percent of women who inherit a harmful BRCA1 mutation will develop ovarian cancer by age 70. That contrasts with the nearly 1.4 percent of women in the general population who will develop ovarian cancer sometime during their lives.

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Ask your doctor for genetic counseling. Genetic counselors are trained to help you determine which screenings may benefit you and protect your future health — and that includes screenings for BRCA1 and BRCA2. They also are trained to help you deal with what comes after a positive screening. They can help prepare you for critical conversations with surgeons about options such as prophylactic mastectomy, for example, and they’ll walk you through what to expect in terms of increased monitoring for cancer risk.

In the future, BRCA testing may become like a mammogram or colonoscopy — a routine part of care once you reach a certain age. But in the meantime, there are certainly steps we can take to protect more women from cancer.




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原文链接: http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2015/03/should-all-women-be-screened-for-brca1-and-brca2/

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• BRCA1基因者70岁时会发展为卵巢癌,- -Lilac2003- ♀ (32 bytes) () 03/25/2015 postreply 06:41:45

• 命运可以掌控在自己的手上该多好! -闽姑- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/25/2015 postreply 07:28:25

• 这是个好主意，只是这项检查费用颇高，在等几年，有可能实现的。 -betadine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/25/2015 postreply 06:53:04

• 嗯,再等几年,没准儿癌症已不是凶险难治的病了. -闽姑- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/25/2015 postreply 07:27:39

• 希望是这样。目前做BRCA1和BRCA2检查的目的，好像就是为了做预防性切除，因为一旦发病，没有好的治疗方法：-（ -betadine- ♀ (0 bytes) () 03/25/2015 postreply 08:45:32