Kim Horner

August 6, 2019

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

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

‘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 (...

Starr Mautner

May 13, 2019

I got it from my mama

In honor of Mother’s Day, it is time to reflect on all of the things you inherited from your mom- maybe it’s her eye color, intelligence, height, ...

CURE Magazine

May 1, 2019

Living Your Breast Life: Genetic & Genomic Testing for Minority Women

BY SUSAN G. KOMEN GREATER NEW YORK CITY Although Minority Health Awareness Month is drawing to an end, the fight for equity in health care isn�...

Shannon Pulaski

April 16, 2019

Learning the Language

Shannon Pulaski, founder of Proactive Genes, discusses how she learned of her own family's hereditary cancer risk after her mother's physician recomme...

Ashley Dedmon

April 2, 2019

Talking About Family Cancer Risk

Proactive Genes: Can you describe your family's experience with breast cancer? Ashley Dedmon:Breast cancer impacted three generations of women in m...

CURE Magazine

March 19, 2019

Reflections on Life After Two Prophylactic Surgeries

WHEN AMY BYER SHAINMAN’S sister Jan received a uterine and ovarian cancer diagnosis in 2008, Jan was not advised to undergo genetic testing. However...

CURE Magazine

March 12, 2019

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...

Maureen Boesen

February 19, 2019

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 ...

CURE Magazine

February 12, 2019

Parenting After Breast Cancer

Anyone who works with survivors knows that women with children face some of the biggest challenges when it comes to visualizing the future. This is be...

Marisol Rosas

January 22, 2019

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

December 18, 2018

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...

CURE Magazine

December 4, 2018

Love the Genes You’ve Got, But Get Them Tested, Too

I love fashion, and growing up, nothing was better than a good pair of jeans. They could be slimming, make you taller, hide your long torso with a rid...

CURE Magazine

November 27, 2018

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

October 30, 2018

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...

CURE Magazine

October 23, 2018

Creating Mom’s Genes

One mother with a BRCA gene mutation has written a book to help parents discuss family health histories with their young children. When I was 27, my ...

Harvey Singer

October 16, 2018

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...