Links
The Kimball Family Foundation - A Foundation created to promote genetic breast and ovarian cancer awareness and fund research of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 hereditary breast cancer and ovarian cancer genes.
Previvors - Facing the Breast Cancer Gene and Making Life-Changing Decisions. Previvors are people who have not had cancer but possess a predisposition to develop it. This book is the first comprehensive guide that explores all the physical, emotional, and psychological issues high risk women face. Author Dina Roth Port (www.dinarothport.com) tells the stories of five courageous women and includes research based on interviews with more than 70 leading medical experts.
Previve - Claudia Gilmore is 23 years old and I plans to have a preventative double mastectomy with reconstruction on January 11, 2011. This blog, and accompanying web series, are personal accounts of her experiences, feelings and decisions leading up to the surgery and will follow all the way through recovery and reconstruction.
National Cancer Institute - Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: It’s Your Choice
Force - It goal is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
Sharsheret - is dedicated to addressing the unique concerns of young Jewish women facing breast cancer
Friends for Life - provides an opportunity for breast cancer survivors to offer their knowledge, experience and optimism to those women currently undergoing treatment
Bright pink - provides education and support to young women who are at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer
Feel Your Boobies - is a non-profit Foundation focused on spreading te fell Your Boobies life saving message to young women using unexpected and unconventional methods
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