Survey for Caregivers of Relatives in Families With an Inherited Mutation Linked to Cancer
If you have an inherited mutation linked to cancer and/or cancer in your family and you have ever been a caregiver for a relative with cancer, FORCE would like to hear from you.
If you have an inherited mutation linked to cancer and/or cancer in your family and you have ever been a caregiver for a relative with cancer, we would like to hear from you. FORCE and our partners at the National Human Genome Institute are collaborating on a confidential survey to understand the resource needs of caregivers of relatives diagnosed with hereditary cancer. This survey is open both to people who have, and people who have not been diagnosed with cancer. The survey should take about 15 minutes. Take the survey:
Patient Advocate Faces Thyroid Cancer Decades After Surviving Breast Cancer
September 5th 2023‘I feel like I've gone to continuing education classes as an advocate through reentering the health system in the cancer space,’ FORCE executive director and founder Sue Friedman, a breast cancer survivor who recently received a diagnosis of thyroid cancer, tells CURE.
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Stepping Up Again for Hereditary Cancer Prevention
February 25th 2023On Feb. 6, HB 2783 was introduced into the Arizona House. Hopefully this bill will help address some of the issues surrounding genetic testing, genetic counseling, and insurance coverage for those who might be at risk for hereditary cancer. My wife died of a cancer that was totally preventable. Nobody should die of a preventable cancer.
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