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Genetic counselling and screening; is it time we embraced it?

Genetic counselling informs and advises couples who may be at an elevated risk of genetic diseases (Shutterstock)

Award-winning actress, Angelina Jolie underwent a preventable double mastectomy in 2013 to lower her chances of developing breast cancer.

This medical choice was informed by genetic tests that revealed that she carried the BRCA1 gene that predisposed her to the disease as well as ovarian cancer.

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