Cancer charity Pink Hope is pushing for an expansion of breast cancer testing criteria so more people can access publicly funded tests if they would like one.9News
In a few years Thomas will face the choice of having surgery to remove her ovaries too.
As she's breastfeeding her new baby Layla, the Brisbane primary school teacher isn't yet opting for surgery after a test revealed she has the BRCA2 mutation."For me, doing the test just kind of confirmed everything. I was always scared and living in fear of what might happen," she said. "There's a very high threshold to qualify for a publicly-funded genetic test, so many family members are unable to find out if they are at increased risk."Pink Hope founder Krystal Barter found out aged 22 she had the BRCA1 gene and had preventative surgery.
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