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Article: Tinkering with destiny. (ethics of the use of genetic testing) (includes related article on the use of tamoxifen in women susceptible to possibly developing breast cancer) (Cover Story)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- August 22, 1994
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The last thing Joey Paulowsky needs is another bout with cancer. Only 7 years old, the Dallas native has already fought off leukemia, and now his family worries that Joey could be hit again. The Paulowsky family carries a genetic burden, a rare form of inherited cancer of the thyroid. Deborah, his mother, found a lump in her neck six years ago, and since then one family member has died of the cancer and 10 others have had to have their thyroids removed. "Do I have cancer?" Joey asks his mother. "Will it hurt?" The Paulowskys will know the answer next month, when the results of a genetic test will show whether their son carries the family's fateful mutation. Joey is too ...