Here`s why some women are not eligible for breast cancer gene tests
(WorldNews Health)

Tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2 - gene mutations that raise the risk of breast and ovarian cancers - are not always done in U.S. women who are eligible to get them, a new study suggests. Women diagnosed with breast cancer who were covered by Medicare but lived in areas with poor access to medical care appeared to have a hard time getting tested for the so-called breast cancer genes, researchers report in JAMA. Testing is important because the results may affect treatment, said the study’s lead author, Amy Gross, a senior staff scientist at the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at the Vanderbilt University Medical...