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results of her own genetic testing. Linkous-Gosper’s sister had “practically raised” her after their mother’s death, and had long been meticulous about getting mammograms and pressing her little sister to safeguard her health.
“I don’t know how to tell you this ...” the mother of three said when she finally returned her anxious sister’s call. “I just feel so bad.”
It took a while for the truth to sink in: her sister did not have the “breast cancer gene.” The sister who had kept after the other to get mammograms was herself free of that increased risk. .
“We are so lucky,” said Linkous-Gosper.
Breast cancer
resources
•Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization offers a national support hotline at (800) 221-2141. The Web site is www.y-me.org.
•FORCE: Facing our Risk of Cancer Empowered. Nonprofit group for women at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. (954) 255-8732 and www.facingourrisk.org.
•American Cancer Society, (800) ACS-2345 and www.cancer.org.
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