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Of Holiday Miracles and Possibilities
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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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April 02, 2012
Overall Health: Addressing the Big Picture
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Hereditary Cancer - General
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April 27, 2018
The Lights of May
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Survivor ,
Oophorectomy ,
Talking To Children
June 26, 2012
Lucky 21 - For Dan
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FORCE And FORCE Impact
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April 24, 2015
Voices: Widening the Conversation Previvor Discourses and the Power of Stories
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August 06, 2012
Applying Personalized Medicine to Disease Screening and Prevention
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Ovarian Cancer Early Detection ,
HBOC ,
Prostate Cancer ,
PSA ,
USPSTF ,
Early Detection ,
Personalized Medicine ,
Screening And Prevention
January 17, 2013
Drawing Attention To High-risk Screening
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Guidelines
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BRCA ,
Breast Cancer ,
Cancer Prevention ,
Hereditary Cancer Research ,
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Prophylactic Surgery ,
Survivor ,
Ovarian Cancer Early Detection ,
HBOC ,
USPSTF ,
Screening And Prevention
May 01, 2014
How Do Women Decide Whether Or Not To Remove Their Uterus During BSO?
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Risk Management ,
Decision Making
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BRCA1 ,
BRCA2 ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Risk-reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy ,
Hysterectomy
February 24, 2013
Hopeful Progress in Ovarian Cancer Prevention Research
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Research
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BRCA ,
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Hereditary Cancer Research ,
Ovarian Cancer ,
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May 03, 2017
Genetic Testing Informs Important Medical Decisions for Three Generations in a Family
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Genetic Testing
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Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
BRCA1 ,
Prophylactic Surgery
March 01, 2017
Making Postmastectomy Decisions: The Right Input is Critical
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Breast Reconstruction And Going Flat ,
XRAY
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BRCA ,
Breast Cancer ,
Genetic Testing ,
Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
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Prophylactic Surgery ,
Survivor ,
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Reconstruction Or Going Flat ,
Mastectomy
January 08, 2024
We All Love a Good Book or Movie
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Books And Movies
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HBOC ,
Reconstruction ,
PALB2 ,
PTEN ,
CHEK2 ,
ATM ,
Mastectomy
November 20, 2017
Why is Mommy Having Surgery, She Looks Ok to Me
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Books And Movies
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Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
Previvor ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Talking To Children
April 05, 2021
Why So Many of Us Quit Taking Tamoxifen
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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
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Cancer Prevention ,
Prophylactic Mastectomy ,
BRCA2 ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
Reconstruction Or Going Flat ,
Mastectomy ,
Risk-reducing Mastectomy
October 12, 2021
Study Seeks to Prevent Cancer and Extend Quality of Life for Women at Increased Genetic Risk of Ovarian Cancer
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Research ,
Risk Management
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Ovarian Cancer ,
BRCA1 ,
Previvor ,
Prophylactic Surgery ,
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