Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Emma Hannigan akabvisa mazamu ake nemazai muna 2006 kuti adzikise ngozi yake yekenza pashure pokunge avhenekwa kuti aiva nechinhu chisina kunaka muBrCa1 gene. Vamwe amai vane vana vaviri vakarwara nekenza kanokwana kapfumbamwe mumakore manomwe apfuura, pasinei nokuti vakabviswa mazamu nemazai kuti chirwere chacho chisazovapo. Emma Hannigan akaudzwa muna 2005 kuti akanga akatakura gene rakakanganisika reBRCA1, iro rinowedzera mukana womukadzi wokuva nekenza yemazamu ne85 muzana, uye kenza yemazamu ne50 muzana. Akasarudza kuita mastectomy yakapetwa kaviri uye oophorectomy gore rakatevera racho, kuderedza ngozi yake. Asi pasinei nokuvhiyiwa kwakakomba, mukadzi ane makore 42 okukura akawana kuongororwa kwaakanga ave achitya - akanga ane kenza yamazamu. Kubvira panguva iyoyo, Mai Hannigan vakarwisana nechirwere chacho kanokwana kasere, kubatanidza kurwara kana mugore rimwe chete. Iye zvino ari kurapwa nemakemikari vhiki nhatu yoga yoga sezvo nyanzvi dziri kuedza kudzora chirwere chacho. Mudzimai Hannigan, munyori anobva kuBray, pedyo neDublin, akataura kuti pasinei nokukundikana kudzivirira kenza, haasati achizvidemba kuti akavhiyiwa. The Breast Cancer Campaign inofungidzira kuti mastectomy yokudzivirira inofungidzirwa kuti inoderedza ngozi yekenza yemazamu muvatakuri vegene reBRCA, ne90 muzana. Mikana yacho inoderedza ngozi yomukadzi kuti ive yakaderera kupfuura yeavhareji yavakadzi vasina mutation yacho. 'Handina kuzviona sokunge ndakanga ndichirasikirwa nemazai angu kana kuti mazamu,' Mai Hannigan vakadaro. 'Ndakaitarira sokunge kuti ndakanga ndichiwana upenyu hwangu. 'Kwakanga kusiri chisarudzo chakaoma. Kwakanga kusiri kuchenjera - ndaida kurarama.' Asi pazera ramakore 33, Mai Hannigan vakaparadzwa apo vakaudzwa, gore rimwe bedzi pashure pokuvhiyiwa, kuti vakanga vane kenza. 'Ndakaongororwa nokuti mumhuri medu maiva nechakaitika chekenza yemazamu neyechibereko,' akadaro. 'Babamunini vangu Helen vakafa nekenza yemazamu pavakanga vava nemakore 42. Vamwe vanatete vangu, Ruth naCathy, vakapukunyuka kenza yamazamu mumakore avo ama 30 nama 40. Amaiguru vangu, Anneliese, vakafa nekenza yemazai. 'Apo kunzvera majini kwakauya mumhuri yangu vakakokwa kuva nemiedzo. Amai vangu, Cathy naRuth vose vakaonekwa kuti vane...
Emma Hannigan akaonekwa ane BRCA1 gene rakakanganisika muna 2005. Gore rakatevera akachekwa mazamu nemazai kuti arege kuva nekenza. Asi muna 2007, pasinei nokuvhiyiwa kwacho, akabatwa kenza yemazamu. Kubvira ipapo akarwisana nechirwere chacho kasere - kana mugore rimwe chete.