[quote=CA renter]
Agree with your assumption about women with BC. There are a lot of young mothers out there who’ve discovered they have the defective BRCA gene and are opting for prophylactic bilateral mastectomies (and oophorectomies, going into surgical menopause), too. Anything to be there for their kids.[/quote]

I had myself tested for the BRCA genes (before 23andMe made it less expensive and more available.) I was totally going to do the prophylactic surgeries. My mom died of ovarian cancer. It helps that
a) I was in my 40’s and done with having kids, close enough to menopause to not have the hormonal replacement thing be as much an issue if I removed ovaries.
b) could rebuild breasts to make bionic new shiny fresh ones.

Fortunately, I don’t have the gene mutation. And with 23andMe have confirmed I don’t have many of the cancer risk mutations.

(For those interested – you can still get the health info from 23andMe – download the raw data, then upload it into promethease. The FDA can’t prevent you from getting the information.)