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April 14, 2023

Exploring Attitudes Toward Dating BRCA Positive Previvors

Posted in: XRAY , Quality Of Life , Previvor
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Previvor , Coping With Risk

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September 29, 2022

The Role of Spirituality in Cancer Care: A Framework for Providers

Posted in: XRAY , Emotional Health And Well Being , Quality Of Life , Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: Mental Health , Xray , Health

June 22, 2022

What Chris Evert’s Story Can Teach the World about Genetic Testing

Posted in: Genetic Testing , XRAY
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Variants Of Uncertain Significance

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April 08, 2022

Partner Spotlight: Sharsheret

Posted in: XRAY , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Partner

March 24, 2022

New FORCE Tool Combats Questionable Health Information

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact , XRAY , Hereditary Cancer - General , Decision Making
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Xray , Health , Medical Decisions , Media Coverage Of Research , Cancer News

December 22, 2021

Let’s Talk About It: Hereditary Cancer

Posted in: Genetic Testing , FORCE And FORCE Impact , XRAY , Family Communication
Tags: BRCA , Family Story

November 16, 2021

Headline Hype: One simple blood test to detect 50 cancers? Not yet

Posted in: Risk Management , XRAY
Tags: Previvor , Screening And Prevention

June 14, 2021

Actor Chad Boseman’s Death Raises Questions about Colorectal Cancer in African Americans

Posted in: XRAY , Health Equity And Disparities
Tags: Screening And Prevention , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Colorectal Cancer

May 03, 2021

Did Breastfeeding my Daughter Reduce my Ovarian Cancer Risk?

Posted in: XRAY , Previvor
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Ovarian Cancer , Previvor , Screening And Prevention

April 23, 2021

New Advancements in Cancer Screenings Bring Hope for the Future

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , Prostate Cancer

April 05, 2021

Why So Many of Us Quit Taking Tamoxifen

Posted in: XRAY , Quality Of Life
Tags: Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , BRCA2 , Prophylactic Surgery

March 30, 2021

Understanding Breast Implant Risks

Posted in: Guidelines , XRAY
Tags: Cancer Prevention , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA2 , Prophylactic Surgery , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy , Risk-reducing Mastectomy

March 29, 2021

New Hope and Treatments for People with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment , Caregivers
Tags: Breast Cancer , Metastatic Breast Cancer

February 01, 2021

Breaking Breast Cancer Color Barriers and Building Bridges

Posted in: XRAY , Health Equity And Disparities , Diversity And Inclusion , Featured Partner
Tags: Breast Cancer , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Women Of Color , Breast Cancer Survivors , Young Women With Breast Cancer , Partner

November 10, 2020

Previvor at 25 - The Beginning has just Begun

Posted in: XRAY , Health Equity And Disparities , Previvor , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Previvor , HBOC

October 13, 2020

This Cancer Ribbon is Not Pink

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Exercise , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Support

July 29, 2020

Improving Lives through Education—By Way of Science Writing

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Research

May 21, 2020

Clinical Trials are Essential for Improving Healthcare

Posted in: Research , XRAY
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , HBOC , Clinical Trials , Cancer Research , Research

January 06, 2020

New PARP Inhibitor Approval for Pancreatic Cancer

Posted in: XRAY , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Pancreatic Cancer , PARP Inhibitor , Pancreatic Cancer Treatment , Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer

November 19, 2019

FORCE Launches the New XRAY-Ovarian Cancer Program

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , PARP Inhibitor , Cancer Research

September 24, 2019

Mystery Families and MRIs

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Mystery Families , No Known Mutation

June 29, 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: LGBTQ People and Clinical Trials

Posted in: XRAY , Health Equity And Disparities , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Health Disparities , Research , LGBTQ , Health Equity

May 07, 2019

Anti-vaccine Hype is a Threat to People with Cancer

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Pancreatic Cancer , Cancer Treatment , Vaccines , Chemotherapy , Immune System , Immune Suppression , Xray

March 08, 2019

A Deep Dive into Disparities: The Challenges and Opportunities of Reaching Out to the Underserved

Posted in: XRAY , Health Equity And Disparities
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Screening And Prevention , Diversity , Minority , Health Disparities , Health Equity

September 21, 2018

Headline Hype: Media Report on BRCA1 Variant Research Plays on Fears

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Mastectomy , VUS , Genetics Research , Variants Of Uncertain Significance

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

March 15, 2018

Headline Hype: A Picture as Misleading as a Thousand Words

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , 23andme , DTC , Direct To Consumer

January 13, 2018

Headline Hype: BRCA and Risk of Dying from Cancer

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , BRCA1

November 02, 2017

When Breast Cancer Treatment Ends: Thoughts On "Can Breast Cancer Come Back?" XRAYS Review

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , HBOC , DCIS

August 22, 2017

100th XRAYS: 5 Lessons We Have Learned

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Young Survivor , HBOC , PALB2 , ATM , Health Journalism , Breast Cancer Risk , Young Onset Breast Cancer

June 01, 2017

Chemo and Hair Loss Is More Than a Vanity Issue

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Young Breast Cancer Survivor , Chemotherapy , Hairloss

May 18, 2017

Science and the Media: Help vs. Hype

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer

March 01, 2017

Making Postmastectomy Decisions: The Right Input is Critical

Posted in: Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat , XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Breast Cancer , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , Prophylactic Surgery , Survivor , Screening And Prevention , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy

February 23, 2017

Post-Reconstruction Thoughts on “Going Flat”

Posted in: Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat , XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Breast Cancer , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , HBOC , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy

January 26, 2017

Flawed Research and Reporting on the “Angelina Effect” Could Threaten Access to HBOC Care

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy , XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA2 , Previvor , HBOC , PALB2 , CHEK2 , ATM

January 12, 2017

FORCE XRAY Program Empowers Young Breast Cancer Survivors

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Breast Cancer