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Cancer runs very strongly on one side of my family. Several members have had either breast cancer or ovarian cancer. Two tested positive for the BRCA1 genetic mutation. So, I knew the odds were pretty high that I carried it, too.?

After finding out about the mutation, I put off getting genetic testing for about two years. I didn¡¯t want to know yet.

But I became the first person of my generation in my family to take...