Josie: My Cancer Curse
If your body carried a deadly gene that increased your chances of getting breast cancer to 80 percent, would you want to know? That's the choice facing 18-year-old Josie Bellerby.
If your body carried a deadly gene that increased your chances of getting breast cancer to 80 percent - would you want to know?
This poignant one-hour documentary follows 18-year-old Josie Bellerby, a gorgeous, fun-loving, typical teenager except for one thing: Her mum carries a hereditary gene that has cursed their family for generations, killing her great-grandmother and her mother.
There is a test that tells you if you have the gene. Josie's Mum Julia was one of the first in the UK to take it a few years ago. She proved positive, and decided to have drastic surgery - to remove both her breasts.
Now Josie and her two sisters face the same heartbreaking choice. Big sister Lucy has decided she's ready to take the test and will soon receive life-changing news. Josie has a dilemma should she find out if she has it too? Her family thinks she's too young to know, she should be enjoying her young life not worrying about the risk of cancer and a double mastectomy.
Josie's an ordinary girl searching for the answer to an extraordinary question: is she old enough to cope with finding out if she carries the cancer curse?
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Clips
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Hereditary Breast Cancer At 21 - Could It Happen To Me?
Duration: 00:42
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Josie's Dilemma - When To Take The Genetic Test
Duration: 00:56
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Genetic Testing - Could We Cope With Cancer?
Duration: 01:05
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Executive Producer | Ross Wilson |
Executive Producer | Sam Anthony |
Broadcasts
- Thu 14 Jul 2011 21:00
- Thu 14 Jul 2011 22:00大象传媒 HD
- Thu 14 Jul 2011 23:45
- Fri 15 Jul 2011 20:00
- Sat 16 Jul 2011 02:15大象传媒 HD
- Mon 18 Jul 2011 04:00
- Tue 19 Jul 2011 01:45
- Mon 25 Jul 2011 01:55
- Tue 26 Jul 2011 03:15