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Lisbeth Ceriani

One of the plaintiffs in the ACLU lawsuit. In May 2008, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Her oncologist noted she was also at high risk for developing ovarian cancer and recommended she get the BRCA genetic test. However, due to patent laws, the test was prohibitively expensive even though she was insured by MassHealth at the time.

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