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My Result Is Negative

What Does My Result Mean?

As a starting point for an important conversation with your doctor, click on the name of the test you were given to learn more about your results:

• My test was Comprehensive BRACAnalysis^®
• My test was Single Site BRACAnalysis^®
• My test was Multisite 3 BRACAnalysis^®

Comprehensive BRACAnalysis^®

Comprehensive BRACAnalysis^® tests for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) syndrome. Choose your test result below:

• My result is No Mutation Detected
• My result is Genetic Variant, Favor Polymorphism

Single Site BRACAnalysis^®

When a gene mutation has been previously identified in another family member, this test will examine a small portion of the DNA for that specific mutation.

• My result is No Mutation Detected

Multisite 3 BRACAnalysis^®

Multisite 3 BRACAnalysis^® tests for the three most common mutations found in people of Ashkenazi, or Eastern European Jewish, ancestry.

• My result is No Mutation Detected

"When someone with a family history of breast cancer has been tested and found to have an altered BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, the family is said to have a known mutation."

- The National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health

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