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CURE Magazine
November 3, 2020
Study Finds Premenopausal Women Facing Increased Ovarian Cancer Risk Favor Removing Fallopian Tubes But Saving Ovaries
By Beth Fand Incollingo Most premenopausal women planning preventive surgery because of a predisposition to ovarian cancer would prefer to remove o...

CURE Magazine
October 15, 2019
Tags: Family Health History, family history, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, hereditary cancer
The Need for Patient Advocacy in Genetic Testing Follow-Up
While genetic testing can be complex to begin with, having patients advocate for themselves to have these results re-interpreted over time – given t...

Shannon Pulaski
October 1, 2019
Tags: BRCA, Family Health History, family history, Genetic Testing, hereditary cancer
It’s Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week – Let’s talk about Preventative Care and the Power of Support
I’m driving down a pleasant, tree lined road, but my stomach is in knots as I drive around the bend. The building is right before the highway. If I ...

Kim Horner
August 6, 2019
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, family history, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer
Talking To My 9-Year-Old Before My Risk-Reducing Double Mastectomy
My son, Leo, was in diapers when I tested positive for a BRCA2 mutation. My grandmother and great-grandmother died of breast cancer in their 40’s...

CURE Magazine
July 23, 2019
Tags: breast cancer, family history, hereditary cancer, mastectomy
My Decision to Have a Double Mastectomy Without Reconstruction
BY MYRNA CHANDLER GOLDSTEIN It all began with a simple phone message. “There was a problem with your mammogram. You need further testing. Pl...

CURE Magazine
July 9, 2019
Tags: breast cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing
‘Out of the Blue’ Diagnosis Linked to a Family History of Cancer Now Empowers Others
A breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 33 that felt like it was “out of the blue” led to the creation of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (...

CURE Magazine
June 11, 2019
Tags: cancer, oncology, pediatric cancer
Former ‘SNL’ Comedian Publishes a Children’s Book About Supporting Friends Through Illness
Comedian Vanessa Bayer spent most of high school receiving treatment for leukemia, and she found endless humor in the situation. In fact, she and her ...

CURE Magazine
March 26, 2019
Tags: Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing
Despite Common Misconception, Genetic Testing Is Beneficial For All With Breast Cancer
By Brielle Benyon Many people believe that genetic testing for cancer can only be beneficial for individuals with a strong family history of the di...

CURE Magazine
March 12, 2019
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing
Taking Control of One’s Family Health History
At CURE’s patient-focused meeting, held at the 36th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, Ellen Matloff president and CEO of My Gene Counsel, and S...

CURE Magazine
February 26, 2019
Tags: Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing
Podcast: At-Home Genetic Testing: Dispelling Fact vs Fiction
With the flood of information available on genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk, there is still an abundance of misinformation that exists regar...

Maureen Boesen
February 19, 2019
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, ovarian cancer
My Genetic Test Results Were Wrong
In this blog, Maureen Boesen discusses her experience in learning her genetic test results were, in fact, wrong about being BRCA positive. This blog ...

Shannon Pulaski
February 5, 2019
Tags: BRCA, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, Lynch Syndrome
Finding Inspiration from Family
The inspiration to write a book is sometimes hard to come by. But for Mom's Genes author Shannon Pulaski, inspiration was right in front of her in the...

Marisol Rosas
January 22, 2019
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, ovarian cancer
Talking to My Son About Hereditary Cancer
I first found out I had a genetic mutation a few months after my second son was born and my older son was barely 3 years old. Having lost my mother to...

CURE Magazine
January 15, 2019
Tags: Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, Lynch Syndrome
Genetic Testing of Children for Lynch Syndrome
Genetic testing in children is a highly complex topic, and it is something I frequently think about because of my son. I would love to have my son gen...

CURE Magazine
December 18, 2018
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, ovarian cancer
Podcast: A Long History of BRCA
Dating back to 1860 in Poland, three sisters’ journeys with the BRCA mutation isn’t exactly the claim to fame they were hoping for. Kathryn (Wi...

Jennifer Butler
December 11, 2018
Tags: colorectal cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing, Lynch Syndrome
Teaching Our Children About Colorectal Cancer
Rates of colorectal cancer have been on the rise for every generation born since 1950 - even affecting young people in their 30s, 20s and teens. While...

CURE Magazine
November 27, 2018
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, Family Health History, genetic counseling, Lynch Syndrome, male breast cancer, ovarian cancer
Giving Tuesday: What You Need to Know
Giving Tuesday, an initiative launched in 2012, is a day celebrated globally with the goal of kicking off the charitable season through the power of s...

CURE Magazine
November 20, 2018
Tags: Family Health History, genetic counseling, Genetic Testing
Legislation Seeks Medicare Recognition of Genetic Counselors to Expand Access to Care
In October, representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA), in collaboration with the National Society of Genetic Counselors, introduced...

CURE Magazine
October 30, 2018
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, Genetic Testing, ovarian cancer
Discussing Hereditary Cancer Risk With Children
Genetic risk for cancer is random. For people who carry specific mutations, such as BRCA1 or BRCA2, there is a 50/50 chance they will pass that gene o...

Harvey Singer
October 16, 2018
Tags: BRCA, breast cancer, Family Health History, Genetic Testing, male breast cancer
Men to Boys: A Discussion of Hereditary Cancer with Your Children
In early 2008, I received a phone call from my sister informing me that after her third breast cancer diagnosis, she had decided to undergo genetic te...

Shannon Pulaski
August 20, 2018
Tags: BRCA, Family Health History, Genetic Testing
Why I am starting a conversation with my kids about our family’s health history
When I was 27, I gave birth to twin girls. They were born exactly two months early. Ten days later, in that same hospital where my daughters rested in...
