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There is rare inherited mutation that gives you 1 in 3 lifetime chance of developing lung cancer even in non smokers. for someone with anxiety and lost mom to bac lung cancer should i test?

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Which gene?: Egfr t790m's actual risk is unknown since nobody knows how many people without lung cancer carry the mutation. Even li fraumeni doesn't approach a 1/3 risk of lung cancer. And what would you do with this information if you had it? Hopefully you will always be a non-smoker.

Dr Davis agreed

Answered 3/29/2014

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