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March 28, 2025

Hope Scarves: A Legacy of Comfort and Solidarity for People with Cancer

Posted in: Research , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Metastatic Breast Cancer , Advanced Breast Cancer , Cancer Support , Breast Cancer Research , Partner

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March 13, 2025

Launch of MBCure

Posted in: Research , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Metastatic Breast Cancer , Advanced Breast Cancer , Breast Cancer Survivors , Breast Cancer Research , Partner

March 10, 2025

Investigating A New Approach to Prostate Cancer Treatment in Mutation Carriers

Posted in: Research , Men With Mutations , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Clinical Trials , Cancer Treatment , Men With Mutations

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December 16, 2024

New study looks at whether medication before surgery lowers the risk of recurrence in localized prostate cancer

Posted in: Research , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Prostate Cancer , Prostate Cancer Treatment , Research Studies

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

May 21, 2024

Bridging the Gap: Understanding Why Some High-Risk Women Aren’t Getting Breast MRIs

Posted in: Research , Screening And Prevention
Tags: Hereditary Cancer Research , Breast Cancer Risk , Breast Cancer Early Detection , Breast Screening , Breast Cancer Research

May 12, 2023

Patient Advocacy in Breast Cancer: 2023 COEDS Ft. Lauderdale Conference

Posted in: Research
Tags: Patient Advocacy

March 14, 2023

Clinical Trials for BRCA2 Pancreatic and Prostate Cancer and Collaboration between Cancer Centers Saved My Life—Twice!

Posted in: Research , Men With Mutations , Stories
Tags: BRCA2 , Prostate Cancer , Clinical Trials , Pancreatic Cancer , Research

July 13, 2022

The National Alliance for Hispanic Health Supports Diverse Communities Participation in Health Research Through NIH’s “All of Us Research Program”

Posted in: Research , Health Equity And Disparities , Diversity And Inclusion , Partnerships , Featured Partner
Tags: Genetic Testing , Patient Advocacy , Health Disparities , Research , Health Equity , Partner

April 05, 2022

“You are BRCA2-Positive”: Studies that Have Helped Me

Posted in: Research , Stories
Tags: BRCA , Ovarian Cancer , BRCA2 , Research Studies

January 18, 2022

From Previving to Advocating for Veterans! How My Inherited Mutation Led Me to a New Career Path Promoting Research

Posted in: Research , Voices
Tags: BRCA1 , Research

October 12, 2021

Study Seeks to Prevent Cancer and Extend Quality of Life for Women at Increased Genetic Risk of Ovarian Cancer

Posted in: Research , Risk Management
Tags: Ovarian Cancer , BRCA1 , Previvor , Prophylactic Surgery , Screening And Prevention

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

March 24, 2021

Increasing the Participation of Pregnant Women in Appropriate Clinical Research

Posted in: Research
Tags: Research Advocacy

March 15, 2021

Improving Memory in Menopause: the IMPRES Study

Posted in: Research , Menopause
Tags: Hereditary Cancer Research , Menopause , Risk-reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy

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

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

July 09, 2020

Advocacy Through Writing and Research

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

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

May 20, 2020

Clinical Trials Helped Save My Life

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

August 27, 2018

FORCE Co-Authors Paper on Engaging Patient Advocates in Research

Posted in: Research
Tags: Clinical Trials , Patient Advocacy , Patient Engagement , Cancer Research , Research Advocacy , Patient-centered Research

April 12, 2018

PARP Inhibitors and Hereditary Cancer: What’s New?

Posted in: Research , Cancer Treatment
Tags: BRCA , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , PALB2 , Pancreatic Cancer , ATM , Gene Panel Testing , Metastatic Breast Cancer , Ovarian Cancer Treatment , PARP Inhibitor , Cancer Research , Advanced Breast Cancer , Inherited Mutations , Prostate Cancer Treatment , Metastatic Prostate Cancer , Cancer Targeted Therapy

September 20, 2017

WISDOM Study: Investigating a Personalized Approach to Breast Cancer Screening

Posted in: Research
Tags: Hereditary Cancer Research , Genetic Counseling , Genetic Testing , Personalized Medicine , Screening And Prevention , Mammogram

September 19, 2017

Insurance Coverage for Clinical Trial Participation: Significant Barriers Remain

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy , Research
Tags: Clinical Trials , Medicare , Insurance , Medicaid

August 17, 2017

Working with Industry to Increase Patient Engagement in Drug Development

Posted in: Research
Tags: Hereditary Cancer Research , Patient Advocacy , Patient-centered Outcomes , Patient Engagement , Cancer Research , Precision Medicine

April 10, 2017

Introducing Myself to the FORCE Community

Posted in: Research
Tags: Xray

September 19, 2014

Voices of FORCE: Get Off the Sidelines and Help Win the War on HBOC

Posted in: Research , Voices
Tags: Patient Advocacy , Research Advocacy , Patient-centered Research , ABOUT

September 12, 2014

Voices of FORCE: A Powerful FORCE for Research

Posted in: Research
Tags: Patient Advocacy , Patient Engagement , Patient-centered Research , ABOUT

March 21, 2014

Matching Participants to Clinical Trials

Posted in: Research
Tags: Clinical Trials , Patient Engagement , Research Advocacy , ABOUT

September 06, 2013

Challenges to Hereditary Cancer Research

Posted in: Research
Tags: Hereditary Cancer Research , Clinical Trials , Patient Engagement , Patient-centered Research

February 24, 2013

Hopeful Progress in Ovarian Cancer Prevention Research

Posted in: Research
Tags: BRCA , Cancer Prevention , Hereditary Cancer Research , Ovarian Cancer , Genetic Testing , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Prophylactic Surgery , Ovarian Cancer Early Detection , Screening And Prevention

December 12, 2012

Clinical Trials for Hereditary Cancer: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Posted in: Research
Tags: BRCA , Breast Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , FDA , Clinical Trials , PARP Inhibitor

December 03, 2012

Weighing the Risks and Benefits of Screening Mammography

Posted in: Research , Risk Management
Tags: BRCA , Breast Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , BRCA1 , BRCA2 , Previvor , Young Survivor , HBOC , USPSTF , Screening And Prevention

July 12, 2011

Prioritizing research for metastatic hereditary cancer

Posted in: Research , Cancer Treatment
Tags: Breast Cancer , Hereditary Cancer Research , BRCA1 , Metastatic Breast Cancer

July 17, 2009

FORCE and Health Care Community Letter in Support of the EARLY Act

Posted in: Laws, Protections And Public Policy , Research
Tags: