FORCE PUBLICATIONS
Feel free to print these publications for your own use. Our brochures, newsletters and some of our other publications are also available in single or larger quantities and can be ordered through our FORCE publications order form.
Hereditary Cancer
If Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Runs in Your Family (pdf)
This brochure, developed by FORCE in consultation with its advisory board, discusses
important points about hereditary cancer, genetic testing, and genetic counseling.
Frequently Asked Questions About
Hereditary Breast Cancer (pdf)
Developed by FORCE in collaboration with the Young
Survival Coalition.
Hereditary Cancer: How Do I Tell My Children?
This article from the Winter 2008 edition of our Joining FORCEs newsletter contains an overview of the session with same name, presented at our 2007 Joining FORCEs conference.
Sharing the Gift of
Medical Information
This article on sharing genetic test results with your family was written by
FORCE’s Executive Director, Sue Friedman, and has been previously published.
Worksheet for sharing medical information with your family (pdf)
Joining FORCEs, the quarterly FORCE newsletter, has articles on hereditary cancer, genetic counseling and genetic testing.
- Fall 2005 includes an article on genetic counseling and testing in African-American women and an article on National Family History Day and "My Family Health Portrait."
- Winter 2008 includes an article Hereditary Cancer: How Do I Tell My Children? based on a presentation by Dr. Karen Hurley, psychologist from Memorial Sloan Kettering presented at our 2007 annual conference.
- Spring 2008 includes an article on Cowden Syndrome, a hereditary syndrome which may explain cancers in BRCA negative families with a strong family history of cancer.
- Summer 2008 includes an article on other genes that can affect the risk for breast cancer in women with a BRCA mutation.
Risk Management
Joining FORCEs, the quarterly FORCE newsletter, has articles on breast and ovarian cancer risk management.
- Summer 2005 has an article on MRI for breast cancer screening, and an article on proteomics for ovarian cancer detection.
- Fall 2005 has an article on breast reconstruction after mastectomy.
- Winter 2008 includes an article BRCA and the Risk of Pancreatic Cancer.
- Spring 2008 includes an article on Differences in Breast Cancer Risk Reduction which looks at the difference between oophorectomy benefits in BRCA 1 vs. BRCA 2 carriers.
Pre-vivors & Survivors
Joining FORCEs, the quarterly FORCE newsletter, has articles on breast and ovarian cancer risk management.
- Fall 2005 has an article on PARP Inhibitors for hereditary cancer treatment, an article on the benefits of exercise on cancer risk and an article on breast reconstruction.
- Summer 2007 has an article on the Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Consensus which has been adopted by most professional societies and advocacy groups that focus on ovarian cancer.
- Winter 2008 includes an article Young and High Risk: Pre-vivor Issues.
Thoughts from FORCE, the FORCE blog an article, Previvor: Past, Present, and Future about the history and future of the previvor movement.
Investing
in Cancer Prevention: Giving High-Risk Stakeholders a Place at the Table
This article, published in the August 25, 2005 edition of the Oncology Times,
discusses the importance of including pre-vivors as stakeholders in decisions
regarding cancer research and funding priorities.
What Every Woman with Ovarian Cancer Should Know (pdf)
FORCE brochure which emphasizes the link between ovarian cancer and hereditary mutations.
Finding Health Care
Genetic information, privacy & discrimination…what you need to know (pdf)
Joining FORCEs, the quarterly FORCE newsletter, includes articles about research, finding quality health care and genetic discrimination. Volume 1, Issue 2--Fall 2005 features an update on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act and an article on genetic counseling and testing in African Americans.
Thoughts from FORCE, the FORCE blog has several articles related to finding health care including articles on:
- Financial assistance for genetic testing
- Supporting hereditary cancer research
- The importance of finding a genetics expert when considering genetic testing
Advocacy
Investing in Cancer Prevention:
Giving High-Risk Stakeholders a Place at the Table
This article which was published in the Oncology Times in
September 2005, discusses the importance of the high-risk community involving
itself in advocacy.
The brochure Genetic information, privacy & discrimination…what you need to know, developed by FORCE and the National Society of Genetic Counselors, discusses genetic discrimination issues.
Joining FORCEs, our quarterly newsletter, features articles about research, finding quality health care, and genetic discrimination. Volume 1, Issue 2--Fall 2005 includes an update on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.