Summer 2005

Welcome

Welcome to the first edition of Joining FORCEs, the quarterly newsletter of Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE). If breast or ovarian cancer runs in your family or if you worry about your risk for these cancers, this newsletter is for you.

From our humble beginning six years ago, we’ve seen our team of one blossom into a network of committed volunteers and supportive sponsors. What began as a single website is now a robust array of services. We remain the only national nonprofit organization devoted to people affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. Joining FORCEs is a continuation of our efforts to inform, educate and support this high-risk community.

This inaugural issue focuses on the art of detection. We bring you promising results of studies using MRI as a breast cancer surveillance tool, and information about using proteomics for ovarian cancer screening. You’ll learn how the Lynne Cohen Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research is revolutionizing cancer prevention and care by combining breast and ovarian cancer screening and services under one roof. We also introduce two collaborations of which we are quite proud: our toll-free helpline and our efforts to improve participation in the Family Cancer Genetics Network—a registry for research on hereditary cancers. FORCE member Lauren Dubin rounds out this issue with her heartfelt account of discussing breast cancer with children, accompanied by Dr. Paula Rauch’s excellent commentary.

Future issues will feature more personal stories and details of FORCE services and programs.We’ll track down the latest research of interest, and introduce individuals who are making a difference.

This publication is for you and about you. It should reflect your concerns, your interests and your ideas. So don’t be shy telling us what you want to read. Our goal is to inform,support,and empower our readers, and ultimately to make you feel less alone.

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