“After absorbing the shock of my results, I decided that I must inform the rest of my family. Issues of privacy and possible genetic discrimination were a concern, but not enough to keep me from notifying those who might be at risk as well.”
— Sue Friedman, Founder of FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, Inc.
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Links to Organizations with news and information on
- Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC)
- Breast Cancer
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- Cancer in General
- Women's Health
Links to recommended Background Information from authoritative sources, including
- The American Cancer Society
- City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Cleveland Clinic
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- The Mayo Clinic
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- The National Cancer Institute
- The National Human Genome Research Institute
- The National Library of Medicine
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Yale Cancer Genetics Counseling
- Many more
A Glossary of the terms used on this site and in the field
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A father who carries a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation has a 50% chance of passing it on to each one of his children.
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