"Early on, surgery was seen as drastic and today it seems like that’s the applauded response. But living with the BRCA mutation is way more complicated than that. There’s no magic pill or easy way out, but I am convinced that this knowledge saves lives and that’s very humbling."

Joanna Rudnick
Filmmaker, In the Family

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