Seven Women in a Family Chose Surgery After a Genetic Test. Then the Results Changed.

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After learning their cancer risk, seven women in a family chose major surgeries. Then they received startling news.

Jane Setchell, center, and her daughters Tricia Leigh, right, and Katy Mathes all tested positive for a pathogenic BRCA gene variant. All three underwent preventative surgeries.

 

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But with or without surgery , studies have shown that the prognosis is the same !!!

Maybe their prayers were answered ?

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