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000710934 1001_ $$aStark, Lizzie.
000710934 24510 $$aPandora's DNA :$$btracing the breast cancer genes through history, science, and one family tree /$$cLizzie Stark.
000710934 264_1 $$aChicago, Illinois :$$bChicago Review Press,$$c[2014]
000710934 300__ $$a324 pages ;$$c24 cm
000710934 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent
000710934 337__ $$aunmediated$$2rdamedia
000710934 338__ $$avolume$$2rdacarrier
000710934 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000710934 520__ $$a"Would you cut out your healthy breasts and ovaries if you thought it might save your life? That's not a theoretical question for journalist Lizzie Stark's relatives, who grapple with the horrific legacy of cancer built into the family DNA. It is a BRCA mutation that has robbed most of her female relatives of breasts, ovaries, peace of mind, or life itself. In Pandora's DNA, Stark uses her family's experience to frame a larger story about the so-called breast cancer genes, exploring the morass of legal quandaries, scientific developments, medical breakthroughs, and ethical concerns that surround the BRCA mutations. She tells of the troubling history of prophylactic surgery and the storied origins of the boob job and relates the landmark lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, which held patents on the BRCA genes every human carries in their body until the Supreme Court overturned them in 2013. Although a genetic test for cancer risk may sound like the height of scientific development, the treatment remains crude and barbaric. Through her own experience, Stark shows what it's like to live in a brave new world where gazing into a crystal ball of genetics has many unintended consequences"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000710934 60010 $$aStark, Lizzie$$xHealth.
000710934 650_0 $$aMastectomy$$xPatients$$zUnited States$$vBiography.
000710934 650_0 $$aBreast$$xCancer$$xGenetic aspects.
000710934 650_0 $$aBRCA genes.
000710934 85200 $$bgen$$hRD667.5$$i.S73$$i2014
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