Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Will my son develop cancer...

http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/22/will-my-son-develop-cancer-the-promise-and-pitfalls-of-sequencing-childrens-genomes/?iid=hl-main-lead


20 comments:

  1. I don't thing i would want to know that

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  2. Let time do its work. If they get it, its not their fault. It was someone in your family history that had it first. it just got passed down

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  3. would you really want to know though? Would you really want to know that your kid was going to definitely get cancer and potentially die of something that you have no control over?

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  4. It's a scary proposition. In fact, it is 2spooky 4me.
    But in all seriousness, this could be useful. If someone knows that they might have a rather dangerous disease, the family could prepare for it and potentially get rid of the disease if the disease could be gotten rid of.

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    1. It could be useful, but would you want to always have the knowledge that you WILL get cancer hanging over your head?

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  5. Nobody would know if someone will develop cancer while it's still a baby. That's something that would happen later on.

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  6. I understand the importance of early diagnosis, but I wouldn't want to live under a dark cloud my whole life just waiting to get sick.

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    1. I completely agree with what you said. If you find out a disease you could just be creating a bigger deal rather than waiting for it to happen.

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  7. I think it would be beneficial for people who have a family history with cancer, but people who do not have this history don't really need it.

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  8. Personally I dont care if they can diagnoss people as infants about future dieseases. I really don't think its something to rely on, and I for one would not want to be wasteing valuble time and money on something that I might not need anyway.

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  9. thats got to be one of the worst things ever....imagine being pregnant for 9 months worring about the health of your unborn child

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  10. i would want to know because then you can make the life of that kid the best it can be and give him or her the life they deserve

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  11. your not born with cancer it just kinda happens knobodys knows.

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  12. I would hate to know early on if i had cancer or not.

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  13. I would not want to know if im having cancer

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  14. If i was a parent i wouldnt want to know if my child was gunna have cancer, because then i would always be wondering when and i would enjoy life as much because i would always be wondering and worrying and being way to careful and not letting the kid be a kid.

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  15. If it were to run in the family I would want to find out..

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  16. i would hate knowing that i hate cancer, but then you can enjoy life as much as you can because you won't know when the last day might be.

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  17. this is so hard to answer the perfect way yes i would want them to know to have a good time while they still can. but yet i won't want them to because they would be sad and upset. but if it ran in my family i would want to know.

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  18. I honestly would not want to know, i just wouldnt want to worry about it all the time.. so if we just waited and see if they would have cancer or not then you can deal with it from there.

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