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Most common reasons given for accepting or declining BRCA1/2 testing
| Respondents
|
||
|---|---|---|
| primary reason | secondary reason | |
| Reason to test | ||
| Better manage cancer risk | 14 | 1 |
| Relative’s cancer management | 11 | 1 |
| Need to know carrier status | 5 | 9 |
|
| ||
| Reason not to test | ||
| Would not change management/results too ambiguous | 14 | 3 |
| Insurance discrimination | 10 | 0 |
| Cost | 6 | 5 |
| Lack of family history | 5 | 0 |
| No relative to test | 3 | 0 |
