[Jenya]

I saw a story on Dateline about two years ago about this subject. It was in the U.S. The woman was in her 30s and had lost her mother, grandmother, sister and a couple of aunts to breast cancer.
There is a test to determine with certainty that a person has a 90% chance of getting the disease. If I had those markers, I would elect for a double masectomy. It would trouble me a great deal, but 90% is almost a liklihood.

[strictlyaminorleaguer]

Agree -- I wouldn't board a plane that had a 90% chance of crashing. Granted, advances may be made, but with that family history, I don't know that I'd roll the dice on it. Her decision is completely understandable.

[EGPWS]

There is a test to determine with certainty that a person has a 90% chance of getting the disease. If I had those markers, I would elect for a double masectomy. It would trouble me a great deal, but 90% is almost a liklihood.

Have you ever prayed, or have you been too busy idolizing one of your own.

[Pearls Before Swine]

It would trouble me a great deal, but 90% is almost a likelihood.

It's more than a likelihood--its almost a certainty that, unfortunately, you can take to the bank. A very tough call--wait for almost certain death (because I bet the cancer is usually an aggressive form for those with a double-gene defect), or hope medicine and gene therapy will catch up before your number comes up.

[Ignatz]

There is a test to determine with certainty that a person has a 90% chance of getting the disease.

Yogi Berra alert!

"Ninety percent of this game is half mental"