Local cancer patient draws awareness for men to get tested for genetic mutation March 17, 2021 After battling prostate cancer for almost 13 years, about a year-and-a-half ago Don Cooper, 74, of Bryan, learned he had a genetic predisposition to cancer called BRCA2. “They tested me for 85 different different genes, I had one of the 85, and the one that I had, unfortunately, is one of the worst ones you can have,” said Cooper. BRCA is known as “the breast cancer gene”, but Cooper found out the hard way it was linked to prostate cancer, too.Read the full article here. About Prostate Cancer Genetic Testing Prostate Cancer News Screening & PSA Test Spreading Awareness More for you
After battling prostate cancer for almost 13 years, about a year-and-a-half ago Don Cooper, 74, of Bryan, learned he had a genetic predisposition to cancer called BRCA2. “They tested me for 85 different different genes, I had one of the 85, and the one that I had, unfortunately, is one of the worst ones you can have,” said Cooper. BRCA is known as “the breast cancer gene”, but Cooper found out the hard way it was linked to prostate cancer, too.Read the full article here.
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