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May 11, 2020

Wherever You are, Whatever You are Doing, Stop and Take a Breath

Posted in: Inspirational , COVID19 , Emotional Health And Well Being
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , COVID19 , Mental Health

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Launch of MBCure

What do the executive orders mean for people with cancer?

Volunteer Spotlight - Roberta Opper

Investigating A New Approach to Prostate Cancer Treatment in Mutation Carriers

Fight Colorectal Cancer

May 16, 2024

Negative Gene Testing But Still High Risk

Posted in: Voices , Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Variants Of Uncertain Significance , Coping With Risk

April 16, 2011

Step-by-step: My kick-off talk for the Relay-for-Life

Posted in: Inspirational
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA2 , Previvor , Survivor , Young Survivor

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December 10, 2020

BRCA Family Traditions

Posted in: Voices
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Mastectomy , Coping With Risk

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

September 14, 2022

Living with Hereditary Cancer Risk: FORCE Takes Another Step Forward for the Hereditary Cancer Community

Posted in: Books And Movies , Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Screening And Prevention , Cancer Risk , Inherited Mutations

December 24, 2011

Of Holiday Miracles and Possibilities

Posted in: Inspirational , Voices
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , Prophylactic Surgery , Survivor , HBOC

August 30, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight – Faith Miller

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , Volunteer , American Sign Language

December 31, 2011

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to FORCE

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor

August 31, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight – Karlena Lara-Otero

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Volunteer

March 05, 2012

Why Shouldn’t We Have It All?

Posted in: Inspirational , Voices
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Hereditary Cancer Research , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , Prophylactic Surgery , Survivor , Young Survivor , Ovarian Cancer Early Detection , HBOC

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

March 22, 2022

every.single.one - A New Play about Hereditary Cancer

Posted in: Inspirational
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Survivor , Family Story , Volunteer

September 05, 2021

A Different Kind of Trial: A Litigation Attorney's Take on Being in a National Institutes of Health Clinical Trial

Posted in: Research , Men With Mutations
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA2 , Prostate Cancer , Clinical Trials , Volunteer

May 10, 2020

Expanded Panel Testing Uncovered My ATM Mutation

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

April 27, 2018

The Lights of May

Posted in: Inspirational
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Prophylactic Surgery , Survivor , Oophorectomy , Talking To Children

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

June 26, 2012

Lucky 21 - For Dan

Posted in: Inspirational , FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Ovarian Cancer , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Prophylactic Surgery , Survivor , Young Survivor , HBOC

July 10, 2012

13 Things That Jewish People Should Know About Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Posted in: Genetic Testing
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Jewish

August 06, 2012

Applying Personalized Medicine to Disease Screening and Prevention

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: BRCA , Genetics , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Hereditary Cancer Research , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Prophylactic Surgery , Survivor , Ovarian Cancer Early Detection , HBOC , Prostate Cancer , PSA , USPSTF , Early Detection , Personalized Medicine , Screening And Prevention

September 06, 2012

13 Developments That Have Helped the HBOC Community

Posted in: Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Hereditary Cancer Research , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA2 , Previvor , Ovarian Cancer Early Detection , Oophorectomy

April 01, 2024

Keepers of the Flame Foundation

Posted in: Genetic Testing , Decision Making , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA2 , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy , Coping With Risk , Peer Support , Partner

December 16, 2021

The Many Faces of FORCE - Videos from Our Members

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

September 25, 2020

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

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

October 31, 2012

A Healing Light From Within

Posted in: Inspirational , FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Survivor , Young Survivor , HBOC

December 13, 2021

The Challenges and Rewards of Being a Caregiver in a Hereditary Cancer Family

Posted in: Caregivers
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , FORCE

January 25, 2021

Hereditary Colorectal Cancer: My AFAP Story

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

July 17, 2023

Reverse the Curse

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

June 29, 2023

Volunteer Spotlight - Mary Foti

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , BRCA2 , Volunteer

June 30, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight - Scott Lanman

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight , Caregivers
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Peer Navigation , Support , Volunteer

March 22, 2023

A NothingPink Perspective: The Young Survivor Coalition Summit

Posted in: Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Young Breast Cancer Survivor , Partner

November 17, 2022

Chemotherapy Skin Care and Preventing Skin Infections

Posted in: Health And Fitness , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Chemotherapy , Skin Care

February 28, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight - Haley and Andrea

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Previvor , FORCE , Volunteer

June 21, 2021

One Woman’s Breast Cancer Journey: It’s Not Just About the Breast

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , Coping With Risk

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

April 19, 2022

The Civil Rights Challenge to Gene Patenting

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Gene Patenting , Cancer Advocacy , Health Policy , Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act , Patient Advocacy

March 16, 2023

Volunteer Spotlight - Kenzie and Phebe

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , FORCE , Volunteer

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

July 09, 2020

Advocacy Through Writing and Research

Posted in: Research
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , Research Advocacy , Research Studies

July 08, 2020

How to Prepare for a Mastectomy Amid COVID and Other Life Events

Posted in: COVID19 , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Previvor , Reconstruction Or Going Flat , Mastectomy , COVID19

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

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

January 03, 2022

Volunteer Spotlight – Will and Maddie

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , LGBTQ , Volunteer

February 17, 2022

Announcing the 2022 Teri Woodhull Empowerment Award Recipient

Posted in: Supporting FORCE , Inspirational
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , FORCE

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

September 13, 2022

From Generation to Generation

Posted in: Books And Movies
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer

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

June 27, 2024

The Bloom Syndrome Association

Posted in: Research , Genetic Testing , Hereditary Cancer - General , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , Patient Advocacy , Inherited Mutations , Genetics Research , Medical Decisions , Coping With Risk , Partner

January 01, 2024

Celebrating 25 Years of Empowerment and Hope with FORCE

Posted in: Inspirational , FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , FORCE

November 02, 2021

Volunteer Spotlight – Karen Ewing

Posted in: Volunteer Spotlight
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , Volunteer

January 13, 2021

Honoring the Life of Teri Woodhull

Posted in: Voices
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , Clinical Trials , FORCE

January 07, 2022

I retired from my work, but I am not retired

Posted in: Voices
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , FORCE , Volunteer

June 07, 2024

I am Because My Mom Was

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

August 24, 2020

Male Breast Cancer and a CHEK2 Mutation

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

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

May 01, 2023

What is Legal about Cancer?

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy , Hereditary Cancer - General , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Patient Advocacy , Health Disparities , Cancer Support , Partner

July 29, 2020

Improving Lives through Education—By Way of Science Writing

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Research

May 11, 2017

Fueling Patient-Focused Health Care

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , HBOC , Personalized Medicine , Health Policy , Patient Advocacy

May 18, 2017

Science and the Media: Help vs. Hype

Posted in: XRAY
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer

January 13, 2023

Learning about My Mother’s PALB2 Mutation was a Gift to Our Family

Posted in: Genetic Testing , FORCE And FORCE Impact , Emotional Health And Well Being
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , PALB2 , FORCE , Coping With Risk

October 06, 2021

TELETIES is the Strong-Grip, No-Rip Hair Tie That Gives Back

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact , Partnerships
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer

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

October 23, 2017

No Longer Alone: 1000 People Benefit from Personalized Cancer Risk Support

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Hereditary Cancer Research , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , Previvor , Survivor , HBOC , Prostate Cancer , Screening And Prevention , PALB2 , PTEN , CHEK2 , ATM , RAD50

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

February 21, 2023

Announcing the 2023 Teri Woodhull Empowerment Award Recipient

Posted in: Supporting FORCE , Inspirational
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , FORCE , RunDisney , TeamFORCE

September 20, 2021

Understanding BRCA1/2 Previvors’ Information and Support Needs

Posted in: Previvor
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor

May 11, 2018

Battling BRCA: International Conference in Iceland on BRCA and Cancer

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA2 , Previvor , Ovarian Cancer Early Detection , HBOC , Icelandic Founder Mutation

May 14, 2018

Patrick Dempsey Presents CURE Media Ovarian Cancer Hero Awards

Posted in: FORCE And FORCE Impact
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Prophylactic Surgery , Ovarian Cancer Early Detection , HBOC , Fallopian Tube Cancer , Primary Peritoneal Cancer

June 17, 2018

Solving for Y: Reaching Men About Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate And Related Cancers (HBOC)

Posted in: Men With Mutations , Genetic Testing
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Breast Cancer , Cancer Prevention , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , HBOC , Prostate Cancer , USPSTF , Screening And Prevention , PALB2 , PTEN , Pancreatic Cancer , Male Breast Cancer , CHEK2 , ATM

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

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

April 23, 2021

New Advancements in Cancer Screenings Bring Hope for the Future

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

February 20, 2019

Celebrating Twenty Years of Support

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

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

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

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

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

August 07, 2019

FORCE Advocates Attend Project LEAD

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

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 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

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

May 22, 2020

I am a PALB2 Previvor

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

October 09, 2019

Book: LAST CUT

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

November 19, 2019

FORCE Launches the New XRAY-Ovarian Cancer Program

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

February 19, 2020

New Medicare Genetic Testing Policy: What Does It Mean to Me?

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Genetic Testing , Medicare , Multigenetesting , Tumorbiomarker

March 04, 2020

Learning I Had Lynch Syndrome Helped Save My Life

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

March 31, 2020

Dealing with an Extra Helping of Stress

Posted in: COVID19 , Emotional Health And Well Being
Tags: BRCA , Genetics , Hereditary Cancer , HBOC , Lynch Syndrome , Cancer Risk , Inherited Mutations , COVID19

April 24, 2020

A Survivor’s Insight: There is Always a Silver Lining

Posted in: Inspirational , COVID19 , Emotional Health And Well Being
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , COVID19

May 20, 2020

Clinical Trials Helped Save My Life

Posted in: Research
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Research , COVID19

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

September 03, 2024

My BRCA2 Prostate Cancer Journey

Posted in: Voices , Hereditary Cancer - General
Tags: BRCA , Hereditary Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Men With Mutations

November 01, 2024

Using Our Family Experiences to Help Others

Posted in: Risk Management , Decision Making , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Hereditary Cancer , Previvor , RAD51D , Inherited Mutations , Ovarian Cancer Prevention , Women Of Color , Breast Cancer Prevention , Partner

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

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