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BRCA1 positive male

Cancer | Last Active: Sep 28, 2022 | Replies (5)

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@hopeful33250

Hello @skreamer and welcome to Mayo Connect. I agree that the "watch and wait" approach is a difficult road to walk.

Since your husband had a genetic test that showed that he is for positive for BRCA1, I'm thinking that perhaps he was having symptoms of a problem or there is a family history of a disorder that he was concerned about? Has he had other cancer diagnoses?

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He himself does not have breast cancer. His mother was positive for BRCA1 and so he was tested as well. We have the standard recommendations for prevention in men, but they seem quite bare bones (I am also a family physician so have some medical context for reading about this). I have not had much luck locating people who are doing active research or trials on more active surveillance/prevention for this group.