Clinical Case Breast Cancer Screening

Several weeks after the test, Mr Jones learned that he tested positive for a mutation and was sent a form letter stating that “men with this mutation have a 6 percent chance of developing breast cancer and a 7 percent chance of developing prostate cancer before age 70.” Concerned about his results, he went to see Dr Seelinn to find out what he should do with this new information. As he handed Dr Seelinn the letter, Mr Jones laughed and said, “If I had known the test wasn’t going to give me a definite yes or no answer about whether I was going to get cancer, I wouldn’t have had it. I don’t know anything more than I did before the test.”