[MJo]

This is interesting to me because I got a painful rash on my hands with each dose of adriamycin. When I showed it to my oncologist he said "But you're not supposed to ...." I didn't ask him to finish the sentence because I was sick and spaced out from the AC. In my support group, an african american woman who was taking AC mentioned that black people often get a rash on their hands from adriamycin. Since my father's side lived on the Adriatic coast of Italy, I wouldn't be surprised if an African or two is in my gene pool, but what does the mean for my cancer? Should my doctor take into consideration that I might have African genes? I'm going to get my genes tested by one of these family tree gene sites to see Africa shows up. Should I mention it to my oncologist if it does?