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Of Holiday Miracles and Possibilities
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December 31, 2011
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to FORCE
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March 05, 2012
Why Shouldn’t We Have It All?
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March 16, 2012
Voices of FORCE: Knowledge IS Power
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Genetic Testing ,
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BRCA2 ,
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April 02, 2012
Overall Health: Addressing the Big Picture
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Hereditary Cancer - General
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BRCA ,
Breast Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Hereditary Cancer Research ,
Ovarian Cancer ,
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Genetic Testing ,
Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
BRCA1 ,
BRCA2 ,
Previvor ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Survivor ,
Exercise ,
Fitness ,
Ovarian Cancer Early Detection ,
HBOC
April 27, 2012
13 Tips for Incorporating Fitness into Your Life
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Health And Fitness
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Breast Cancer ,
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Ovarian Cancer ,
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BRCA2 ,
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Survivor ,
Exercise ,
Fitness
June 01, 2012
13 Facts that Men with Hereditary Cancer Risk Should Know
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Men With Mutations
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BRCA ,
Genetics ,
Breast Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
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Prostate Cancer ,
USPSTF
June 26, 2012
Lucky 21 - For Dan
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FORCE And FORCE Impact
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Hereditary Cancer ,
Breast Cancer ,
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Ovarian Cancer ,
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BRCA2 ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Survivor ,
Young Survivor ,
HBOC
July 10, 2012
13 Things That Jewish People Should Know About Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
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Genetic Testing
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BRCA ,
Hereditary Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Genetic Counseling ,
Genetic Testing ,
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BRCA2 ,
Jewish
August 06, 2012
Applying Personalized Medicine to Disease Screening and Prevention
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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
September 26, 2012
Previvor Day: A Solemn Celebration
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Voices
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BRCA ,
Breast Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Genetic Counseling ,
BRCA1 ,
BRCA2 ,
Previvor
October 31, 2012
A Healing Light From Within
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BRCA ,
Hereditary Cancer ,
Breast Cancer ,
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BRCA2 ,
Survivor ,
Young Survivor ,
HBOC
January 17, 2013
Drawing Attention To High-risk Screening
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Risk Management ,
Guidelines
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BRCA ,
Breast Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Hereditary Cancer Research ,
Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
BRCA1 ,
BRCA2 ,
Previvor ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Survivor ,
Ovarian Cancer Early Detection ,
HBOC ,
USPSTF ,
Screening And Prevention
February 24, 2013
Hopeful Progress in Ovarian Cancer Prevention Research
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Research
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BRCA ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Hereditary Cancer Research ,
Ovarian Cancer ,
Genetic Testing ,
BRCA1 ,
BRCA2 ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Ovarian Cancer Early Detection ,
Screening And Prevention
October 23, 2017
No Longer Alone: 1000 People Benefit from Personalized Cancer Risk Support
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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
June 17, 2018
Solving for Y: Reaching Men About Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Prostate And Related Cancers (HBOC)
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Men With Mutations ,
Genetic Testing
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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
April 05, 2021
Why So Many of Us Quit Taking Tamoxifen
Posted in:
XRAY ,
Quality Of Life
Tags:
Breast Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
BRCA2 ,
Prophylactic Surgery
March 30, 2021
Understanding Breast Implant Risks
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Guidelines ,
XRAY
Tags:
Cancer Prevention ,
Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
BRCA2 ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Reconstruction Or Going Flat ,
Mastectomy ,
Risk-reducing Mastectomy
May 03, 2021
Did Breastfeeding my Daughter Reduce my Ovarian Cancer Risk?
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XRAY ,
Previvor
Tags:
Hereditary Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Ovarian Cancer ,
Previvor ,
Screening And Prevention