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Why preventive mastectomy isn’t offered to everyone at risk

By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry / Cancer Biology, Kingston University
Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University

When Jesse J, Christina Applegate and Katie Thurston spoke openly about their mastectomies, their candour did more than share private struggles. It highlighted a procedure that, while often life saving, is unevenly available depending on the genetic lottery into which someone is born.

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