This post tells the story about the day I found out I am BRCA2 positive. When you think about the major tests you’ve taken in your life, which ones come to mind? Is it your driver’s license test(s), your ACT/SAT tests, a big test you aced, or failed, in high school or college? Or is …
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Lynch syndrome is the most common hereditary cancer syndrome. What is it and if you have it, how do you manage it?
Many people, maybe even most, have never heard of Lynch syndrome. Before being thrust into the world of hereditary cancer, I had not. September 26 – October 2, 2021 is National Hereditary Cancer Week. It used to be called National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Week or HBOC Week, which honestly, always prompted my brain …
Endocrine therapy continues to be a topic of great interest to many readers. Information and feedback from women taking these drugs is lacking, hence this post. I updated and bundled my most relevant, helpful (hopefully) posts into this one. This makes access to the info a bit easier. It also makes this post long! To …
As an advocate and someone personally impacted by genetic testing in a huge way, I read with great interest the announcement from the American Society of Breast Surgeons that Dr. Deanna Attai shared about in a recent blog post titled, Updated Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Guidelines. Read the guidelines in full here. They are worth a …