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GILBERT, AZ — Every year, nearly 300,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with breast cancer.
The BCRA test is a blood test that uses DNA analysis to see if someone has the BCRA1 or BCRA2 gene, which puts them at a much higher risk of developing certain types of cancer. She says the recovery wasn't easy but two months later she was back at work training Gilbert police recruits."Getting tested and knowing means that you have options. It means that you can go in for more frequent testing, more frequent screening mammograms. You can stay up to date on your labs. It means that you can keep pushing those preventative measures and be aware. And for me, that's why I wanted to tell my story.
"I think that was what made all the difference for me, to know that decision was in my hands. And it was going to be hard. It was going to be scary, but again, I got to choose my scary," said Covey.
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