"Be informed. Be empowered. Be well."
If you are concerned that the cancer in your family is
hereditary, you face difficult choices. Should you have a blood
test that may reveal whether you have a high likelihood of disease?
Do you preemptively treat a disease that may never develop? How do
you make decisions now that will affect the rest of your life? This
helpful, informative guide answers your questions as you confront
hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Developed by Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), the
nation's only nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting
families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, this
book stands alone among breast and ovarian cancer resources. Equal
parts health guide and memoir, it defines complex issues facing
previvors and survivors and provides solutions with a fresh,
authoritative voice.
Written by three passionate advocates for the hereditary cancer
community who are themselves breast cancer survivors, "Confronting
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer "dispels myths and
misinformation and presents practical risk-reducing alternatives
and decision-making tools. Including information about genetic
counseling and testing, preventive surgery, and fertility and
family planning, as well as explanations of health insurance
coverage and laws protecting genetic privacy, this resource tackles
head-on the challenges of living in a high-risk body.
Confronting hereditary cancer is a complex, confusing, and
highly individual journey. With its unique combination of the
latest research, expert advice, and compelling personal stories,
this book gives previvors, survivors, and their family members the
guidance they need to face the unique challenges of hereditary
cancer.
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