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Cancer experience in families affects decision making

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/decision-making-after-family-cancer
Full article: https://health.usnews.com/health-care/patient-advice/articles/2018-06-29/how-a-loved-ones-experience-with-cancer-guides-breast-cancer-decisions

Women with inherited mutations in genes that increase breast and ovarian cancer risk have an additional challenge: coping with how those mutations impact their families and how a family member’s cancer experience can shape their own perception. In a recent U.S. News and World Report article, Elaine Howley explores how a woman's decisions about healthcare, cancer prevention and treatment are affected by experience with cancer in the family. (9/25/18)

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FORCE is a national nonprofit organization, established in 1999. Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by adult hereditary cancers.