My breasts or my life.
- Date:
- 2006
- Videos
About this work
Description
This documentary follows 23-year-old Becky Measures as she becomes the youngest woman in Britain to have a preventative double mastectomy. Fourteen members of Becky's family have suffered from breast cancer so Becky undergoes a revolutionary genetic test to see if she has the same faulty gene that runs through her family. The test comes back positive, leaving Becky with an 85% chance of getting breast cancer. She takes a psychological assessment and discusses her operation with the surgeon who will remove her breasts and perform reconstructive surgery. We see a small amount of the operation itself and follow Becky as she makes a full recovery, having now reduced her chances of getting breast cancer to 7%.
Publication/Creation
UK : ITV1, 2006.
Physical description
1 video cassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sound, color, PAL
Notes
Broadcast on 6 June, 2006
Creator/production credits
Directed and produced by Siobhan Sinnerton. Narrator Daisy Dunlop.
Copyright note
Granada Television Ltd. 2006
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