Ka taƙaita labarin:  Emma Hannigan ta cire ƙirjinta da ƙwai a shekara ta 2006 don rage haɗarin cutar kansa bayan da aka gano ta da ƙwayoyin cuta na BrCa1. Wata mata mai 'ya'ya biyu ta sha fama da ciwon daji sau tara a cikin shekaru bakwai da suka shige, duk da cewa an cire mata ƙirji da kuma ƙwai don a hana ciwon. An gaya wa Emma Hannigan a shekara ta 2005 cewa tana dauke da kwayar cutar BRCA1 mai lalacewa, wanda ke kara damar mace ta kamu da cutar sankarar mama da kashi 85 cikin dari, da kuma cutar sankarar mahaifa da kashi 50 cikin dari. Ta zabi yin tiyata sau biyu da kuma oophorectomy a shekara mai zuwa, don rage haɗarin ta. Amma duk da cewa an yi mata fiɗa mai tsanani, sai likitoci suka gaya mata cewa tana da ciwon daji na mama. Tun daga wannan lokacin, Mrs Hannigan ta yi fama da cutar sau tara, ciki har da sau hudu a cikin shekara guda. A yanzu tana shan magani na chemotherapy kowane mako uku yayin da ƙwararrun likitoci suke ƙoƙari su hana cutar. Misis Hannigan, marubuciya daga Bray, kusa da Dublin, ta ce duk da cewa ba ta iya hana cutar kansa ba, ba ta yin nadama da yin aikin tiyata na rigakafi. The Breast Cancer Campaign ya kiyasta cewa an yi imanin cewa maganin rigakafin maganin rigakafi yana rage haɗarin cutar sankarar nono a cikin masu ɗaukar kwayar BRCA, da kashi 90 cikin ɗari. Wannan ya rage haɗarin mace zuwa ƙasa da na mata da ba su da kwayar cutar. 'Ban kalli hakan ba kamar na rasa ƙwai ko nono,' in ji Mrs Hannigan. 'Na duba shi kamar ina samun rayuwata. 'Ba yanke shawara ce mai wuya ba. Ba abin mamaki ba ne - ina son in ci gaba da rayuwa.' Amma a lokacin da take 'yar shekara 33, Mrs. Hannigan ta yi baƙin ciki sosai sa'ad da aka gaya mata cewa tana da ciwon daji shekara ɗaya bayan an yi mata tiyata. 'An gwada ni saboda akwai tarihin iyali na nono da ciwon ovarian a cikin iyalina,' in ji ta. 'Gwaggo ta Helen ta mutu ne sanadiyyar ciwon nono sa'ad da take 'yar shekara 42. Sauran kawuna, Ruth da Cathy, sun tsira daga cutar sankarar mama a shekarunsu na 30 zuwa 40. Uwar mahaifiyata, Anneliese, ta mutu ne daga ciwon daji na ovarian. 'Lokacin da gwajin kwayar halitta ya shigo cikin iyalina an gayyace su don yin gwaje-gwaje. Mahaifiyata, Cathy da Ruth duk an gano su da lahani...
An gano Emma Hannigan da cutar BRCA1 a shekarar 2005. Shekara guda bayan haka an cire mata nono da ovaries don hana ciwon daji. Amma a shekara ta 2007, duk da aikin tiyata, an gano ta da cutar sankarar mama. Tun daga lokacin ta yi fama da cutar sau tara - sau huɗu a shekara guda.