for the Media
FORCE welcomes the media to visit our website. We encourage comments and feedback. As the only national nonprofit organization focused on the population affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and BRCA carriers, we are committed to working together with the media to assure that the high-risk community and the general population receive up-to-date, credible information, and have access to the latest research and the best care.
Learn about FORCE
FORCE is the only national nonprofit organization devoted to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Our mission includes support, education, advocacy, and promoting awareness and research specific to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. Our health care advisory board members have been selected from the specialties that play a role in high-risk patient care. They review our website content and publications for accuracy and relevance to our members.
Because of privacy concerns, FORCE doesn’t require formal membership or disclosure of personal information by our participants. The visitors to our website come from around the world and represent many facets of the community concerned with cancer – patients, families, health care providers, educators, media, and the general public. Currently our website gets of 1 million hits per month and over 30,000 visits per month.
Post requests for interviews
FORCE allows journalists and the media to recruit our members and advisors for interviews and media stories through the FORCE website. We also keep list of FORCE members willing to speak with the media about their experiences with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, hereditary cancer risk, genetic counseling and genetic testing. Please contact us to broadcast opportunities for FORCE members through our message board and email list.
View our press releases
FORCE maintains an archive of our press releases. Check back for new releases, or contact us if you wish to be included on our press release distribution list.
Submit an article for our newsletter
If you are a journalist who has written an article on hereditary cancer or genetic testing and wish to share it with the FORCE community, we accept articles for our newsletter. Articles must be 800 words or less, and must be written for a lay audience. Please contact us to send an article.
Have your publication partner with FORCE
FORCE partners with the media to raise awareness of hereditary cancer and education the public. Partnership opportunities include providing interviews for stories on hereditary cancer, providing information for the media regarding hereditary cancer. FORCE is interested in opportunities to advertise our programs and events in publications. If your publication or media company is interested in partnering with FORCE please contact us.