Nevertheless, given the destructiveness and substantial side effects of preventive interventions, as well as the fact that BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations do not necessarily mean that the patient will develop breast cancer, women often hesitate to subject themselves to surgery.
不過，由於預防性療法的破壞性和副作用不輕，再加上帶有此一突變基因也不等於一定會罹患乳癌，當事人難免遲疑。