Blog posts tagged: breast cancer

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
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...

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 ...

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
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...

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
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...
