i don't often hear phrases like a high risk patient and its growth is aggressive and i've had a pretty healthy lifestyle i didn't smoke and still don't these are all factors that indicate that the illness could be genetic. without this test i very probably would have developed a new tumor and might not be here today. that i had to go. as a death and sometimes when i'm having a bad day i remind myself i'm still alive thanks to modern medicine. patton grew up in life sick after graduating from college she spent some time in britain she was living in berlin when she became seriously ill she had the gene test done during her chemotherapy catlin has the b.r.c.a. one gene mutation the faulty gene publicised by angelenos or the like the actress