Interesting study on Trip. Neg. and BRCA mutations

chinadollmom

While doing some online research on my BRCA1 'variant of uncertain significance', I came across this fairly recent article that I thought was very interesting: article

This statement in particular was interesting:

Also surprising, the incidence of BRCA mutations in the triple negative breast cancer population was higher than expected, said Gonazlez-Angulo.

"It was interesting to find that a good portion of these women were not sent to genetic counseling -- some didn't meet the criteria to be sent for testing, however they still had BRCA mutations," said Gonazlez-Angulo. "Perhaps we need to lower our threshold for patients with triple negative breast cancer for genetic counseling and to assess for mutation status -- especially those under age 50 -- despite not having the significant family history as others."

tibet

I don't have family history but tested positive. Knowing the risks so I decided to have bil mast and reconstruction as well as Oop.

Anyone in similar situation? tested postive without family history?