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December 04, 2024

BRCA1: Grandmother, Mother… Me

Posted in: Risk Management , Menopause , Stories , Voices
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , Ovarian Cancer Prevention , Breast Reconstruction , Veterans

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November 25, 2024

My Journey from Risk-Reducing Mastectomy to Marathon Canoeing

Posted in: Health And Fitness , Stories , Voices , Quality Of Life , Hereditary Cancer - General , Decision Making , Previvor
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , Prophylactic Surgery , Exercise , Fitness , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Risk-reducing Mastectomy

June 07, 2024

I am Because My Mom Was

Posted in: Stories , Previvor
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , Previvor

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July 27, 2023

"An Individual Doesn't Get Cancer, a Family Does"

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA2 , Triple Negative Breast Cancer , Advanced Breast Cancer

July 17, 2023

Reverse the Curse

Posted in: Books And Movies , Stories , Previvor
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Women Of Color

July 10, 2023

Song Turns a Curse into a Blessing

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA , Genetic Testing

April 03, 2023

BRCA1 On Top of Lynch Syndrome, An Unexpected Finding for Our Family

Posted in: Risk Management , Genetic Testing , Stories , Family Communication
Tags: Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Lynch Syndrome

March 14, 2023

Clinical Trials for BRCA2 Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer and Collaboration between Cancer Centers Saved My Life—Twice!

Posted in: Research , Men With Mutations , Stories
Tags: BRCA2 , Prostate Cancer , Clinical Trials , Pancreatic Cancer , Research

March 01, 2023

Lynch Syndrome Lurked in My Family’s Genes for Years Before Colon Cancer Took My Son

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Stories , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Lynch Syndrome , Colorectal Cancer

February 27, 2023

This Boy We Made: The Beautiful Story of a Mother Advocating for Her Son’s Health and Ultimately Discovering Her Own BRCA2 Mutation in the Process

Posted in: Books And Movies , Stories , Fertility And Parenting , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: BRCA2 , Health Disparities , Mental Health , Women Of Color

February 13, 2023

Preventative Surgeries at Age 32 Because of My BRCA1 Gene Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , Risk-reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy , Mental Health , Coping With Risk

November 01, 2022

Lynch Syndrome, an ATM Mutation and Issues of Gender Identity and Fertility Access

Posted in: Health Equity And Disparities , Stories , Fertility And Parenting , Previvor , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , ATM , Lynch Syndrome , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Mental Health

October 03, 2022

Why I Chose Preventive Mastectomy

Posted in: Stories , Previvor
Tags: Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA2 , Previvor , Decision Making

September 21, 2022

Getting Past the Shock of a Previvor Diagnosis and Making a Plan

Posted in: Stories , Previvor
Tags: BRCA2 , Previvor , Medical Decisions

May 02, 2022

African American Women Need to Know More About High-Risk Breast Cancer

Posted in: Health Equity And Disparities , Stories , Cancer Treatment , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: BRCA1 , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Mbc , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Women Of Color , Minority Cancer Awareness

April 05, 2022

“You are BRCA2-Positive”: Studies that Have Helped Me

Posted in: Research , Stories
Tags: BRCA , Ovarian Cancer , BRCA2 , Research Studies

February 11, 2022

BRCA2, Early-Stage Prostate Cancer and a Decision at 54

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Stories
Tags: BRCA , BRCA2 , Prostate Cancer

January 06, 2022

Debbie Denardi: Finding Community With Hereditary Cancer

Posted in: Genetic Testing , Stories , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Genetic Testing , Family Story

December 16, 2021

The Many Faces of FORCE - Videos from Our Members

Posted in: Stories , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , #1FORCECommunity , Inspiration

November 03, 2021

What does the ‘breast cancer gene’ mean for men? For some, pancreatic and prostate cancer

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , Prostate Cancer , Pancreatic Cancer , Men With Mutations

October 28, 2021

Do Not Wait: Empowering Other Families by Sharing My Story

Posted in: Genetic Testing , FORCE And FORCE Impact , Stories , Diversity And Inclusion , Family Communication
Tags: BRCA , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Family Story

September 09, 2021

After Three Cancer Diagnoses and a Positive BRCA Test, Endometrial Cancer

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA , Breast Cancer , Uterine Cancer , Endometrial Cancer

June 14, 2021

Surviving, and Thriving, as a Dad with a Cancer Gene Mutation

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA2 , Men With Mutations

June 11, 2021

Living Life to its Fullest with an ATM Mutation in a Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted in: Stories
Tags: ATM , COVID19

March 05, 2021

After Three Cancer Diagnoses, a Sense of Peace after Learning of My Lynch Syndrome Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Lynch Syndrome , Endometrial Cancer

January 25, 2021

Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: My AFAP Story

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Colorectal Cancer , AFAP , Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndrome

October 15, 2020

Finding Hope on the Other Side of Surgery After Learning of my ATM Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: ATM , Risk-reducing Mastectomy

August 25, 2020

I Beat Three Cancers Caused by a BRCA1 Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , BRCA1 , Fallopian Tube Cancer , Primary Peritoneal Cancer

August 24, 2020

PARP Inhibitor Treatment Is Helping My Pancreatic Cancer

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA1 , Pancreatic Cancer , PARP Inhibitor , Pancreatic Cancer Treatment , Men With Mutations

August 24, 2020

Living with Lynch Syndrome

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Lynch Syndrome

August 24, 2020

Luck Is More Than Just A Rainbow: A PALB2 Previvor's Story

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Previvor , PALB2

August 24, 2020

I Knew There Was an Explanation for the Cancer in My Family, Including My Own Three Diagnoses

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Ovarian Cancer , Survivor

August 24, 2020

I Am a Proud Previvor

Posted in: Stories , Caregivers
Tags: BRCA , Previvor , Metastatic Breast Cancer

August 24, 2020

A New Job, a New City and a New BRCA2 Diagnosis

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA2 , Peer Navigation , Support

August 24, 2020

Breast Cancer and a CHEK2 Mutation AT 28

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , CHEK2 , Mastectomy

August 24, 2020

I Am a Proud Male Previvor

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA1 , Men With Mutations

August 24, 2020

My BRCA1 Mutation Came From My Spanish Grandmother

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Diversity , Health Equity , Breast Cancer Survivors , Latinx

August 24, 2020

A Brother and Sister Breast Cancer Story

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Prostate Cancer , Cancer Advocacy , Male Breast Cancer , Men With Mutations

August 24, 2020

I Am BRCA2 Positive. At 31, Who Would Have Guessed?

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , BRCA2 , Cancer Advocacy

August 24, 2020

How a BRCA2 Diagnosis and Breast Cancer Enabled Me to Help Others

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , BRCA2 , DCIS

August 24, 2020

It’s Not Easy to Be a Male Cancer Survivor

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA1 , Male Breast Cancer , Men With Mutations , Bladder Cancer

August 24, 2020

My Wife’s BRCA1 Breast and Ovarian Cancer Experience – From My Perspective

Posted in: Stories , Caregivers
Tags: Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Caregiver , Supporting Force

August 24, 2020

I Am a Two-Time Survivor of Breast Cancer Caused by a PALB2 Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , PALB2 , Breast Cancer Survivors , Breast Cancer Treatment

August 24, 2020

MI HISTORIA FAMILIAR HISPANA DE BRCA

Posted in: Stories , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: BRCA1 , Previvor , Support , Hispanic , Latinx

August 24, 2020

Thyroid Cancer and a CHEK2 Genetic Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: CHEK2 , Support , Thyroid Cancer

August 24, 2020

A Mother and Daughter: BRCA2 Mutation and Lynch Syndrome

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA2 , Lynch Syndrome , Uterine Cancer , Endometrial Cancer

August 24, 2020

My ATM Breast Cancer Story

Posted in: Stories
Tags: ATM , Mastectomy , DCIS , COVID19

August 24, 2020

Breast Cancer and Then a PALB2 Mutation Inherited From My Father

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , PALB2 , Men With Mutations

August 24, 2020

A Family Tree Full of CHEK2 Breast Cancer

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Previvor , CHEK2 , Family Story , Family Tree

August 24, 2020

Male Breast and Prostate Cancer and a BRCA1 VUS Diagnosis

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA1 , Prostate Cancer , Male Breast Cancer , VUS , Variants Of Uncertain Significance

August 24, 2020

Overcoming Hereditary Breast Cancer Risks in the Haitian Community

Posted in: Health Equity And Disparities , Stories , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Breast Cancer , DCIS , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Haitian , Black Women

August 24, 2020

My Dad’s Cancer Diagnosis Made Me a Previvor at the Age of 22

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA , Pancreatic Cancer , Men With Mutations , Support , Family Story

August 24, 2020

The Importance of Talking About Family Medical History: The Discussion That Led to My ATM and PALB2 Diagnosis

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Breast Cancer , PALB2 , ATM , Colorectal Cancer , Family Story , Family Tree

August 24, 2020

My Ashkenazi Jewish Heritage Increased My Risk for the BRCA2 Mutation That Led to My Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

Posted in: Stories
Tags: BRCA2 , Ovarian , Jewish , Family Story , Family Tree , Ashkenazi

August 24, 2020

I Am a CHEK2 Previvor

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Previvor , CHEK2

August 24, 2020

Love, Life and Lynch Syndrome

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Lynch Syndrome , Colorectal Cancer , Endometrial Cancer

August 24, 2020

Male Breast Cancer and a CHEK2 Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Male Breast Cancer , CHEK2

August 01, 2020

A PALB2 Gene has Taken a Terrible Toll on my Family

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Genetic Testing , Previvor , PALB2

July 04, 2020

Breast and Endometrial Cancer Leads to a Lynch Syndrome Diagnosis

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Lynch Syndrome , Endometrial Cancer

May 22, 2020

I am a PALB2 Previvor

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , PALB2

May 10, 2020

Expanded Panel Testing Uncovered My ATM Mutation

Posted in: Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , ATM , Mastectomy

August 12, 2019

My CDH1 Mutation and Why I Chose Preventive Gastrectomy

Posted in: Risk Management , Men With Mutations , Genetic Testing , Stories
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Previvor , CDH1

June 14, 2018

Me and My MSH6 Mutation: Ever Searching for Answers

Posted in: XRAY , Stories
Tags: BRCA , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Lynch Syndrome , Breast Cancer Risk , MSH6