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Clinical Trials Fuel Hereditary Cancer Guidelines and Hope

by Diane Rose, Vice President of Research, FORCE

May 18, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps #hereditary-cancer #brca #lynch-syndrome

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FS Fsg-labs

BRCA Gene Testing: When Should You Consider It?

Cancer touches nearly every family in some way. For some families, however, cancer appears more frequently than random chance would suggest…

Nov 28, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps #brca1-and-brca2-gene #brca

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YI Yiqian

When Life Hits Resume: Part 2 of BRCA1 + TNBC Survival Course

The parts of cancer no one talks about

Nov 26, 2025 · 12 min read · 347 claps #health #breast-cancer #chemotherapy

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YI Yiqian · Contemplate

When Life Hits Pause: A 32-Year-Old’s 5-Module Cancer Survival Course

A real-time guide through triple-negative breast cancer and BRCA1 gene

Oct 21, 2025 · 10 min read · 152 claps #health #cancer #chemotherapy

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HA Harshi Peiris Ph.D. · ILLUMINATION

BRCA Mutations: Beyond Angelina Jolie’s Story

What if a gene test could rewrite your future?

Oct 17, 2025 · 6 min read · 70 claps #cancer #breast-cancer #brca

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AU Autumn Demberger

I’ll Never Forget My Second Mammogram, Either

It was like the first, but with less scary results!

Sep 22, 2025 · 6 min read · 50 claps #womens-health #brca #breast-cancer

AU Autumn Demberger

Young Women Get Breast Cancer Too

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Young women are no exception

Jul 12, 2025 · 2 min read · 50 claps #breast-cancer #brca2 #brca

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AU Autumn Demberger

It’s in Your Genes: Understanding Inherited Breast Cancer Risk

Diving into the world of BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 gene mutations

Jun 27, 2025 · 4 min read · 72 claps #brca #breast-cancer #breast-cancer-awareness

AI Aimee Natt

My BRCA Journal — First Mammogram

In most European countries, the first mammogram typically happens when you turn forty. There are different rules everywhere, but that’s…

Dec 04, 2024 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #brca #breast-cancer-awareness #journal

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IN Invitae® (a Labcorp company) · Health decoded

“It’s less scary when you’re more prepared”: An extended family’s cancer journey

A family history of open communication helped Amanda be proactive about protecting her health

Nov 15, 2024 · 8 min read · 1 claps #breast-cancer-awareness #breast-cancer #genetic-testing

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AI Aimee Natt

My BRCA Journal — The Breast Consultation

The next step was a consultation about my plans after learning I inherited the BRCA2 genetic mutation. I intended not to make a decision…

Oct 17, 2024 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #brca2 #journal #cancer

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AI Aimee Natt

My BRCA Journal — The First Step

After receiving the news that I inherited a genetic mutation called BRCA2 my life got busier and I tried to downplay how that affected my…

Sep 23, 2024 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #brca #brca2 #journal

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MY MyHealthVerse

The Science Behind MyHealthVerse — BRCA and Biomarkers: Transforming Cancer Detection and…

In the realm of medical genetics, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are pivotal not only for their implications in cancer risk but also for their…

Jun 07, 2024 · 4 min read · 0 claps #brca #brca1-and-brca2-gene #biomarker

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SA Sarah Bonza MD, MPH, FAAFP, DipABLM

The Role of Breast MRI for Women with Dense Breasts

Written and edited by Sarah Bonza MD, MPH, FAAFP, DipABLM, NBC-HWC

May 06, 2024 · 6 min read · 0 claps #breast-cancer #breast-cancer-awareness #mri

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DA Dara Friedman-Wheeler

Thank you, Elizabeth Wurtzel

My maternal grandmother died of breast cancer in her 50s. I was four, so I didn’t really get to know her. The generation in between us has…

Jan 01, 2024 · 6 min read · 8 claps #brca1-and-brca2-gene #brca #brca2

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LO Lola Larue

5 Lessons I’ve Learned to Support My Health This Year

In April 2023, I learned my family carries a pathogenic variant of the BRCA2 gene. In May 2023, I found a little lump in my right breast. I…

Dec 10, 2023 · 5 min read · 3 claps #womens-health #brca #brca2

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SA Sabrina Fon

Feeling Up

The hours leading up to my mastectomy were obscured by an Oscar-worthy meltdown. I stayed up on the phone all night with one of my best…

Dec 08, 2021 · 3 min read · 5 claps #brca #brca1 #previvor

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BR Bree Fierro

For the past month or so I’ve been thinking a lot about where my life might be headed.

A few weeks ago I took a blood test to find out if I am positive for a BRCA (breast cancer) gene mutation. Basically all it means is that…

Nov 12, 2019 · 5 min read · 0 claps #brca #brca-gene #growth