BTW, here's an update from April 2012 on her condition:
Three months after last breast cancer surgery, Linda Hurtado wonders how to remain a survivor.
It surprised me in the video you posted that she, a health reporter, who went through genetic counseling, wasn't better informed about the various risks associated with breast cancer. It shocks me that she still thought, after genetic counseling/testing, that a negative result eliminated her risk. It would have been horrible if she'd shared that kind of advice with her many viewers. You can think of it as three kinds of people who get breast cancer: those with a genetic risk factor, those with familial risk factors, and all others. Those with genetic risk factors who get breast cancer represent the smallest of those three segments. By far, most women who contract breast cancer have no genetic risk. The important thing to know about genetic risk is that those women who do test positive for BRCA1 or BRCA2, have a considerably higher risk of getting breast or ovarian cancer than women (or men) in the general population do.
In any case, this woman in particular had a precancerous atypical hyperplasia and cancerous DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ). They caught it early, she opted for a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of a recurrence to almost 0, and seems to be doing well.
ETA: another story link from april -
http://www.yourbreastoptions.com/en-...es.aspx?id=421
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