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I had a preventative double mastectomy at 32, and no, I don't have the BRCA gene

After watching her mom and grandmothers battle breast cancer, ABC News Live coordinating producer Rachel Katz chose to have a preventative double mastectomy. Her journey to surgery was far from easy.

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