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Lani · 05-09-2006, 08:12 AM

THOSE WHO ARE TRIPLE NEGATIVE (her2-er-pr-) ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THE GENETIC DEFECTS THEY ARE TESTING FOR with BRCA1/2 (please correct me if I am wrong on this) than her2+ patients

They can also look for wrong numbers of parts of chromosomes and shortened chromosomes but that I understand is not what they are doing typically when someone goes for simple genetic testing for breast cancer.

I was also informed that those with a family history of women getting breast cancer LATE in their lives were unlikely to habe the BRCA1/2 defect.

Can anyone else chime in?

05-09-2006, 08:12 AM	#7
Lani Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,778	From What I Understand THOSE WHO ARE TRIPLE NEGATIVE (her2-er-pr-) ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THE GENETIC DEFECTS THEY ARE TESTING FOR with BRCA1/2 (please correct me if I am wrong on this) than her2+ patients They can also look for wrong numbers of parts of chromosomes and shortened chromosomes but that I understand is not what they are doing typically when someone goes for simple genetic testing for breast cancer. I was also informed that those with a family history of women getting breast cancer LATE in their lives were unlikely to habe the BRCA1/2 defect. Can anyone else chime in?