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Genetic testing offers early look at breast cancer risk

Oct 1, 2014 11:56 AM
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By Tannika King - Faculty

It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Laura Hicks, director of the ELA-8 Teaching and Learning Center, shares her story in hopes of empowering others with knowledge that may make a difference in their own lives.

You see, Hicks doesn't have breast cancer. But she has an 87% chance of getting it according to genetic testing. Click here to read the Oct. 1 Rome News-Tribune article in which Hicks talks about her experience and the choices she has been empowered to make.

For more information about genetic testing, click here to contact The Breast Center at Floyd.