Yin is a nurse in a rural primary care clinic. One of the issues that has arisen is how to address patients who come in asking about testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2, the tumor suppressing genes that, if mutated, may indicate hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Yin reads up on the issue and tells her colleagues that there are arguments against genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 that include all of the following except:
A) The cost of the test is high.
B) The evidence to the effectiveness of the test is limited.
C) The test is difficult to perform.
D) Less than 10% of all breast cancers are genetically based.
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