Healthcare Professionals
My Result Is Positive
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.
My result is Positive for a Deleterious Mutation or Suspected Deleterious
On to "Positive: What does my result mean?"
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 Positive for a Deleterious Mutation
On to "Positive: What does my result mean?"
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 Positive for a Deleterious Mutation
On to "Positive: What Does My Result Mean?"
"Estimates of the incidence of hereditary breast cancer range from between 5 to 10 percent to as many as 27 percent of all breast cancers."
- The National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
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