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October 21, 2024

Results from FORCE’s 2024 Survey Highlighting the Needs of People at High Risk for Breast Cancer

Posted in: Genetic Testing , FORCE And FORCE Impact , Emotional Health And Well Being , Previvor
Tags: Breast Cancer , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , PALB2 , CHEK2 , ATM

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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

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

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October 19, 2023

De Madres a Hijas: Educating Latina Mothers and Daughters about HBOC Risk

Posted in: Genetic Testing , Health Equity And Disparities , Screening And Prevention , Diversity And Inclusion , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer , HBOC , Early Detection , Patient Advocacy , Health Disparities , Health Equity , Women Of Color , Minority Cancer Awareness , Partner

April 03, 2023

BRCA1 On Top of Lynch Syndrome, An Unexpected Finding for Our Family

Posted in: Risk Management , Genetic Testing , Stories , Family Communication
Tags: Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Lynch Syndrome

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

November 10, 2022

FORCE is Grateful for the Genetic Counselors Who Volunteer for Us

Posted in: Supporting FORCE , Genetic Testing
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing

August 16, 2022

JSCREEN and K.I.C.K. Partner to Kick Cancer with Genetic Testing

Posted in: Genetic Testing , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Partner

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

June 14, 2022

Not All Genetic Tests are Created Equal

Posted in: Genetic Testing
Tags: Genetic Testing

January 06, 2022

Debbie Denardi: Finding Community With Hereditary Cancer

Posted in: Genetic Testing , Stories , Diversity And Inclusion
Tags: Genetic Testing , Family Story

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 19, 2021

Conference Session Highlight: I'm Not White, Can I Still Have a Mutation?

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

October 28, 2021

Do Not Wait: Empowering Other Families by Sharing My Story

Posted in: Genetic Testing , FORCE And FORCE Impact , Stories , Diversity And Inclusion , Family Communication
Tags: BRCA , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Family Story

March 02, 2021

The Importance of Learning Your Pancreatic Cancer Risk When Cancer Runs in Your Family

Posted in: Research , Genetic Testing
Tags: BRCA , PALB2 , Pancreatic Cancer , ATM , Lynch Syndrome

January 13, 2021

Tracing Our Family Mutation to an Unlikely Place

Posted in: Genetic Testing
Tags: Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , Inherited Mutations

December 28, 2020

Courage and Strength are Inherited Too

Posted in: Genetic Testing , Hereditary Cancer - General , Diversity And Inclusion , Caregivers
Tags: Lynch Syndrome , Colorectal Cancer

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

September 16, 2019

The Gift of More Options

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

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

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

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

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

July 25, 2017

Why I Asked My Mom to Undergo Genetic Testing After Her Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

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

May 03, 2017

Genetic Testing Informs Important Medical Decisions for Three Generations in a Family

Posted in: Genetic Testing
Tags: Prophylactic Mastectomy , BRCA1 , Prophylactic Surgery

March 30, 2017

Genetic Testing Results In An Early Stage Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis

Posted in: Genetic Testing
Tags: Ovarian Cancer , Early Detection

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