caton wants to keep her ovaries for as long as possible she's afraid of surgery and of going through menopause as a young woman. because hormone therapy is taboo for b.r.c.a. one carriers she wouldn't be able to treat accompanying symptoms intense hot flashes and total hormonal imbalance caton already had such symptoms during chemotherapy she got through it with her roommate support as he was such a strain to eat anything in the morning during chemo. when it got really bad i'd have a little pillow here. that might sound cute but when i thought something i'd have to put my head down and take a time out right here at the table i just didn't have any energy in the eyes. figuring out the right thing to do is a precarious balancing act recently cotten had her fallopian tubes removed in the hope of reducing the risk of ovarian cancer. if it's genetic it's never gone for good you always have another examination coming up or another big decision in with . thanks to genetic diagnosis people have access to an unprecedented amount of information about their state of health but how reliable is t

this is why we are discovering such an incredible amount right now it's considered caton discovered a lump in her breast a subsequent analysis revealed that she has a cancer gene. a pattern and i had an 80 percent statistical probability of developing cancer at some point in my life and no matter how healthily mindfully and harmoniously i live my life that probability would not get any smaller. diagnosing disorders in our genes that have already developed is one thing but modern genetic tests promise far more they can calculate the risks we will face in the future even if we are healthy for the time being. what liabilities are harbored in our genes and how much do we want to know about the risks they pose. knowledge that determines how we live and how we might die. the downside to genetic research actions is that they can make the patient become fixated on a future development that may never happen. in mine alternately nobody can project my future at the. young our lives on the german island of lucan her fate seems to have been sealed by her genetic makeup she has a hereditary disease

caton is glad that her cancer gene was identified with a personalized therapy she might not have survived but for her both the treatment and gene diagnosis mean she can't have children. having this genetic predisposition i wouldn't have wanted to risk passing it on but rather be a one way street and say stop this is far enough i'd rather be the art who has fun with other people's children than bringing my own kids into the world in their new bed to bed. cattle and has learned to live with her genetic defect and the permanently higher risk of developing cancer again. there are moments where i think why did i have to have double bad luck. getting cancer in itself was bad enough but then you into the water which is no help it only makes me angry so i just accepted a move on the years. and i plan my life one year at a time as for later let's see what happens i'm going to take things as they come. yana is not resigned to her fate either despite her serious genetic defect. and of course i'm scared and but there are different types of fear a fear that eats away at your mind and soul and a fear t

will recall wrestlers or runners, j and caton. please get one of their attention. they will come to. we will let you have the floor. if you are going to participate, you snow c-span is recording this is a factor in participation. also want to say, if you're interested in this topic, will be on women in the world. this might be the beginning of a conversation that can continue. they made to continue conversations as well. them introduced our panelists. we have quiche and blame who is an associate professor of history at the university of pittsburgh and editor-in-chief of the north star. she currently serves as president of the intellectual history society. her research interests include black internationalism, radical politics and noble feminism. lane is the author of the book set the world on fire, black nationalist women in the global struggle for freedom which is from the university of pennsylvania. she is also the co-author of a number of other important works, including --, reading sun-ray cinema and racial violence from the university of georgia. >> she is wor