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What do the results mean?
A negative result means you do not have changes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. A positive result means you do have a change on one or both of the genes. Sometimes the test result is uncertain—neither positive nor negative.
It may take several weeks for you to get the results.
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| Last updated: | October 1, 2005 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine, Siobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics |
| Editors: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA, Tracy Landauer |
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