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October 09, 2019

Book: LAST CUT

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Reconstruction Or Going Flat

September 30, 2019

My Experience As A Male Previvor

Posted in: Men With Mutations
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA2 , Previvor , HBOC , Inherited Cancer , Cancer Screening , Germline Mutations

September 24, 2019

Mystery Families and MRIs

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

September 16, 2019

The Gift of More Options

Posted in: Genetic Testing
Tags: Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA2

September 01, 2019

Volunteer Spotlight - Eileen Mallory & Lisa Evans

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: FORCE , Volunteer

August 29, 2019

The Mastectomy Club

Posted in: Voices
Tags: Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , Previvor

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

August 09, 2019

Be Your Own Health Advocate! If Your Doctor Isn’t Asking You These Questions, Ask Them Yourself

Posted in: Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Patient Advocacy

August 07, 2019

FORCE Advocates Attend Project LEAD

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Previvor , Research Advocacy , Research

July 15, 2019

Breast Cancer Patients Need More Information on Precision Medicine, Tumor Testing and Genetics

Posted in: Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Genetic Testing , Personalized Medicine , Precision Medicine , Tumor Testing , Molecular Biomarkers , Biomarker Testing , Genomic Testing , Pathology Report

July 11, 2019

Protect Yourself, Your Friends and Family from Fraudulent Genetic Testing

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2

July 01, 2019

Volunteer Spotlight - Angel Moses

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: FORCE , Volunteer

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

June 27, 2019

Men Can Have Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat
Tags: Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Male Breast Cancer , Men With Mutations

May 30, 2019

Alert: Cancer Genetic Testing Should Be Performed in the Health Care Setting

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy , Genetic Testing
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Inherited Mutations , 23andme

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

May 01, 2019

Volunteer Spotlight - Joanne Kelly

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: FORCE , Volunteer

April 11, 2019

Devin Sidell’s Lady Parts The Film

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: BRCA , Previvor , Screening And Prevention

April 01, 2019

Update: FDA Meeting on Breast Implant Safety

Posted in: Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat
Tags: FDA , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Breast Implants , BIA-ALCL

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

March 01, 2019

Volunteer Spotlight - Cindy Messman

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: FORCE , Volunteer

February 22, 2019

FORCE and Other Groups Meet with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , Screening And Prevention , PALB2 , ATM

February 20, 2019

Celebrating Twenty Years of Support

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , Screening And Prevention

January 22, 2019

My BRCA2 Story: Mastectomy Without Reconstruction

Posted in: Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA2 , Screening And Prevention , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy , No Reconstruction , Going Flat

January 19, 2019

Breast Implants: Conflicting Views and Hyped Headlines

Posted in: Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat
Tags: Reconstruction Or Going Flat

January 10, 2019

Book: The Big Discovery

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , Screening And Prevention

January 10, 2019

A 20th Anniversary Message to Sue and to You: Words of Inspiration From FORCE

Posted in: Inspirational , FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2

January 08, 2019

Probably Someday Cancer: Genetic Risk and Preventative Mastectomy

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA2 , Screening And Prevention , Reconstruction Or Going Flat

January 01, 2019

Volunteer Spotlight - Brenda Lam, Marlene Cunningham & Amy Yoffe

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: FORCE , Volunteer

November 28, 2018

You Don’t Need a Family History of Cancer to Benefit from Genetic Testing

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Genetic Testing , Guidelines
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Prostate Cancer , Screening And Prevention , Pancreatic Cancer