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Current Issue
- Welcome
- National Hereditary Cancer Research Fund
- Conference Recap
- News from ASCO 2011
- Update on PARP Inhibitors
- Voices of FORCE
- 2011 Spirit of Empowerment Award Recipients
- Insurance Coverage for Cancer Genetic Counseling
- Strong, Fit and Beautiful: From Cancer Survivor to Figure Competitor
- Study for Previvors Choosing Breast Surveillance: Can Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk?
- ENELL Sport Bras: Supporting Women, Supporting FORCE
- What's New @ FORCE
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by Sue Friedman
Patient Experience Contact Tool
Considering surgery? Use the FORCE website to search by surgeon, city, state, or type of surgery and contact patients who have used the same surgeon or had the same procedure. If you’ve already had surgery, submit your contact information to help others make surgical decisions. Visit our Patient Experience Contact Tool for more information.
Survey on Insurance Coverage of Preventive Services
The Cancer Legal Resource Center and FORCE are conducting a survey about individuals’ experiences with insurance coverage of preventive services. To share your experience with private insurance, employer-sponsored health plans, Medicare, and Medicaid coverage for preventive care, please complete our Genetics and Insurance Coverage survey. Your input will help us shape strategies to change the legal landscape.
Two New FORCE Publications in 2012
Co-authored by Sue Friedman, Kathy Steligo, and Rebecca Sutphen, MD, Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press early next year. Show and Tell: the Book will feature positive, powerful, and educational images of women after mastectomy, with and without reconstruction.
FORCE welcomes Tina Krall
We are pleased announce the appointment of Tina Krall as our Senior Vice President of Development. Tina will work closely with our Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers to expand financial support for existing programs and to identify and launch new funding partnerships. Additionally, Tina will be leading efforts to endow the FORCE Hereditary Cancer Research Fund. Contact Tina at: tinak@facingourrisk. org. Visit our staff bio page to learn more about Tina’s background.
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