Let’s say someone in your family has had cancer. Maybe it was even you. How could you find out if the cancer is hereditary and if other members of your family could be at increased risk? The answer? Genetic testing. But as NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce reports, lots of people who should be offered this testing never hear about it.
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