# mastectomy patientpreference breastcancer cancer ensembl dataresources ensembltraining opendata

After a prophylactic and 2 weeks recovery, I'm on to a DIEP flap reconstruction.

They'll reconstruct my breasts using tissue and blood vessels from my abdomen. I'm a little nervous but also excited, this marks the beginning of a much lower cancer-risk life!

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2023-02-14

Yeah, geneticist Mary-Claire King & her lab worked hard to identify and name gene BRCA1 in 1994. The company Myriad Genetics cloned the gene not too long later & patented it. They sent King a cease and desist letter stating she could no longer work on the gene she identified.

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2020-04-16

As simplified and streamlined testing becomes more available, a new study examined whether patients prefer this method of counseling.

https://t.co/DCM9iUHFcK

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2019-08-21