Re:Leila Janah, CEO and entrepreneur who wanted to end globa...
by moneywoes on Sunday February 02, 2020 @02:34AM
(#22215712)
I have a lump on my leg and the doctor said it's probably a lympoma but I'm still concerned after reading this. Is there anything I can do at home to test?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Leila Janah, CEO and entrepreneur who wanted to end globa...
by hkai on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:41AM
(#22222202)
No, you can't.
An at-home DNA test doesn't test whether you have cancer* - it tests your chances of getting one over your lifetime.
For some people, for example, there will be an 80% chance to get breast cancer during their lifetime, and they should start checking themselves often.
* One exception is a colon cancer test - you can send (apologies) a swab of your poop to test it for mutated DNA that is present if you already have early colon cancer.
Re:Leila Janah, CEO and entrepreneur who wanted to end globa...
by gravelc on Sunday February 02, 2020 @02:54AM
(#22215782)
See another doctor. Have a biopsy. Don’t stuff around with genetic tests, as they’re not going to give you the information you want in this situation (whether you have a cancer rather than whether you’re likely to develop one).
I had the same thing. Got it removed. Fortunately was nothing.
Re:Leila Janah, CEO and entrepreneur who wanted to end globa...
by audiometry on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:23AM
(#22216791)
Seek second or more opinions. Hard lesson I learned a few years ago is just because it’s a “professional” advice doesn’t mean it’s good/best advice. So now on with doctors, lawyers, other “specialty professionals” I don’t blindly accept one guy’s call.