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October 21, 2020

Doing a Better Job at Reaching LatinX People and Families about Hereditary Cancer

Posted in: Health Equity And Disparities , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Health Disparities , Research

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

October 13, 2020

This Cancer Ribbon is Not Pink

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

October 09, 2020

Protections Against Genetic Discrimination vs. Pre-existing Conditions

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: Affordable Care Act , Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

October 08, 2020

Astrophysics Meets Breast Cancer Advocacy

Posted in: Decision Making
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA2 , Previvor , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Risk-reducing Mastectomy , Decision Making

September 25, 2020

MEET THE NEW FORCE: Many Mutations. Many Cancers. One Community.

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , #1FORCECommunity

September 03, 2020

Including Men in Breast Cancer Trials (Finally!)

Posted in: Research , Men With Mutations
Tags: Breast Cancer , Clinical Trials , Male Breast Cancer , CHEK2 , Research

September 01, 2020

Volunteer Spotlight - Krystin Morgan and Tammy Fahber

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: FORCE , Volunteer

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