HEALTH LINES: Genetic counseling may change cancer outlook in families

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Daily Journal in Health, Lifestyle

ANGIE TAYLOR

“Everybody in our family gets cancer if they live long enough.”

Unfortunately, that is a statement heard too frequently when health care providers are asking patients about their family’s health. For these patients, nagging thoughts may occasionally surface, such as “I wonder if I’ll get cancer, too,” “If I get cancer, will there be any warning or will it just be too late when I find out?” or “I wish there was something that I could do to break the family pattern of suffering with cancer.”