Newsletter Archives
Articles from Past Newsletters
(Within each topic, recent articles are listed first)
- Our New Book (Spring 2012)
- Decoding Annie Parker (Spring 2012)
- Insurance Coverage for Cancer Genetic Counseling (Fall 2011)
- Hereditary Cancer Research (Conference Recap, Fall 2011)
- Spread the Word for FORCE (Spring 2011)
- Update: EARLY Act (Spring 2011)
- Webinar Series (Spring 2010)
- Voices: Putting FORCE at the Forefront (Spring 2010)
- FORCE and Advocacy (Spring 2010)
- What Is a Previvor? (2009 Winter)
- Voices: Educating Young Women about Breast Cancer (Fall 2009)
- Setting a Hereditary Cancer Research Agenda (Spring 2008)
- Conference Recap (Summer 2007)
- Previvors: The Growth of a Voice (Winter 2006)
- Promoting the Concept of Previvorship (Winter 2006)
- Advocacy (Conference Recap, Summer 2006)
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) (Fall 2005)
- Risk-reducing Surgery (Spring 2011)
- Other BRCA Research at the University of Pennsylvania (Spring 2011)
- BRCA in the Jewish Community (Spring 2011)
- BRCA2 and Fanconi Anemia (Winter 2009)
- BRCA and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer (Winter 2008)
- Young and High Risk: Previvor Issues (Winter 2008)
- Other Genes Can Modify BRCA Breast Cancer Risk (Summer 2008)
- BRCA1/2 Carriers with Ovarian Cancer Show Better Survival Rates (Spring 2008)
- Differences in Breast Cancer Risk Reduction (Spring 2008)
- Chemoprevention for Breast Cancer (Winter 2007)
- Ovarian Cancer Symptoms (Summer 2007)
- Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer (Winter 2006)
- Links Between Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (Winter 2006)
- Voices: Happy New Year, You’re at High Risk (Winter 2006)
- Modifiers of Risk (Summer 2006)
- Ovarian Cancer Prevalence and Early Detection (Conference Recap, Summer 2006)
- New Collaboration Supports Prevention Research (Summer 2005)
- MRI Screening for High-Risk Women (Summer 2005)
- Genetics in BRCA-Negative Families with Ovarian Cancer (Fall 2012)
- The BROCA Test (Fall 2012)
- Kids' Response to Test Results (Spring 2012)
- Voices: The Impact of Testing without Genetic Counseling (Spring 2008)
- Testing BRCA Negative: Could it be Cowden Syndrome? (Spring 2008)
- Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (What do we need to know?) (Spring 2008)
- Pharmacogenetics: A Growing Area for Genetic Testing (Winter 2007)
- Stricter Medicare Guidelines for Coverage of BRCA Testing (Winter 2007)
- BRCA Testing for Young Breast Cancer Survivors (Summer 2007)
- Voices: A New Understanding (Spring 2007)
- BRCA Testing: When Negative Results May Still Mean High Risk (Fall 2006)
- Understanding BRCA Test Results (Fall 2006)
- Surviving Breast Cancer: African American Women and the Importance of Genetic Testing (Fall 2005)
- What is Pelvic Health Rehabilitation? (Fall 2012)
- Voices: My Saving Grace (Winter 2009)
- International Variations in Prophylactic Surgery (Winter 2008)
- Voices: Mastectomy Without Reconstruction (Winter 2007)
- From One Young Woman’s Reconstruction a Lesson for Many (Summer 2007)
- Breast Reconstruction Options (Conference Recap, Summer 2006)
- Voices: Two Days of Inspiration and Answers (Summer 2006)
- Understanding Choices, Making Decisions about BRCA (Summer 2006)
- An Introduction to Breast Reconstruction (Fall 2005)
- The Language of Mastectomy (Fall 2005)
- A Collaboration to Improve the Continuum of Care (Fall 2012)
- Who Cares About Follow-up Care? (Fall 2012)
- What is Pelvic Health Rehabilitation? (Fall 2012)
- Weight Loss Before and After Breast Cancer (Fall 2012)
- Research on Diet and Exercise in Ovarian Cancer (Fall 2012)
- Voices of FORCE: Pancreatic Cancer Screening (Spring 2012)
- ENELL Sport Bras: Supporting Women, Supporting FORCE (Fall 2011)
- Strong, Fit and Beautiful: From Cancer Survivor to Figure Competitor (Fall 2011)
- 2011 Spirit of Empowerment Award Recipients (Fall 2011)
- Voices: Spirit of Empowerment: A Family Gives Back (Fall 2011)
- Voices: A Chance Meeting that Changed My Life (Spring 2011)
- I Will Previve: Raychel's Story (Winter 2009)
- Voices: Beyond the Beads (Winter 2008)
- Simplify Your Life: 5 Tips to Focus and Energize (Spring 2007)
- Diet & Other Lifestyle Factors in Hereditary Cancers (Conference Recap, Fall 2006)
- Managing Menopause in Women with an Inherited Risk of Breast Cancer (Conference Recap, Summer 2006)
- Menopause Resources (Summer 2006)
- Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered and Relaxed (Conference Recap, Summer 2006)
- My Family Health Portrait (Fall 2005)
- Exercise and Cancer Prevention (Fall 2005)
- Voices: Empowered with Exercise (Fall 2005)
- Voices: Confronting a Legacy of Silence (Summer 2005)
- Voices: Discovering Our Past Through Genealogy (Fall 2012)
- DIY Guide to Genealogy (Fall 2012)
- Kids' Response to Test Results (Spring 2012)
- Do I Tell My Children? (Winter 2008)
- Voices: Courtney's Adoption Story (Summer 2008)
- Voices: A Poem for Sari: A Father’s Tribute (Summer 2007)
- Coping with Risk and Family Dynamics (Conference Recap, Fall 2006)
- Voices: Promises (Fall 2006)
- Our New Book (Spring 2012)
- Theater: Things I Wish My Mother Would Have Told Me (Winter 2009)
- Books: Apron Strings (Summer 2008)
- Books: Considering Ovarian Cancer Risk-Reducing Surgery (Fall 2006)
- NOCC “Break the Silence” Campaign (Fall 2006)
- Film: In the Family (Summer 2006)
- Insurance Coverage for Cancer Genetic Counseling (Fall 2011)
- Talk Radio: Vital Options (Winter 2007)
- Callers Give FORCE Helpline High Marks (Summer 2005)
- The Lynne Cohen Foundation Programs (Summer 2005)
- ASCO 2012 Highlights (Fall 2012)
- The BROCA Test (Fall 2012)
- Research on Diet and Exercise in Ovarian Cancer (Fall 2012)
- The National Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Study (Spring 2012)
- Institute of Medicine Report on Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer (Spring 2012)
- Voices of FORCE: Pancreatic Cancer Screening (Spring 2012)
- Study for Previvors Choosing Breast Surveillance: Can Exercise Lower Breast Cancer Risk? (Fall 2011)
- Update on PARP Inhibitors (Fall 2011)
- News from ASCO 2011 (Fall 2011)
- Hereditary Cancer Research Fund (Fall 2011)
- ICARE Initiative (The Inherited CAncer REgistry) (Spring 2011)
- Combating Disparities: Research and Education on Hereditary Breast Cancer in Black Women (Spring 2011)
- Resources from B-GREAT (The Breast Cancer Genetics Research and Education in African Americans Team) (Spring 2011)
- Advocating for Metastatic HBC Research (Spring 2011)
- Diabetes Drug for Breast Cancer? (Spring 2010)
- Predicting Survival (Spring 2010)
- Strength Training After Breast Surgery (Spring 2010)
- BRCA Mutations Underestimated in Asian American Women (Winter 2009)
- Mammograms for Young BRCA Mutation Carriers (Fall 2009)
- PARP Inhibitor Research (Fall 2009)
- Testing for Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer (Summer 2008)
- The Effect of BRCA Results on Young Couples (Summer 2008)
- Fenretinide as Breast Cancer Chemoprevention? (Winter 2007)
- Phenocopy Hypothesis (Spring 2007)
- Oophorectomy and Bone Health (Spring 2007)
- Peer Review: Personal Involvement Is Rewarding (Spring 2007)
- How to Participate in the Peer Review Process (Spring 2007)
- Tampa Study Finds BRCA1/2 Mutations Cause Many Ovarian Cancer Cases (Winter 2006)
- PROSE Research Provides Answers for Women with BRCA Mutations (Winter 2006)
- Targeted Therapy: Specific Treatments for Hereditary Cancer (Fall 2005)
- Understanding Clinical Trials (Fall 2005)
- Proteomics (Summer 2005)
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