Examine Yourself: Women having life-changing surgery to prevent cancer without counselling

Women are undergoing radical, life-changing surgery to prevent cancer without any counselling because of a crisis in genetic cancer services, it has emerged.

Examine Yourself: Women having life-changing surgery to prevent cancer without counselling

Women are undergoing radical, life-changing surgery to prevent cancer without any counselling because of a crisis in genetic cancer services, it has emerged.

Róisín Prizeman, a peer support volunteer, underwent radical surgery to remove her breasts and womb after testing positive for cancer gene BRCA 1.

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