MY STORY
I have a story to share with you so that together we can save a life. It is important to me to share this story so that it does not become your story or the story of future generations. I want to break the cycle of hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer...more..

A DIFFERENT STORY
I want you to have “a different story” from the one I have experienced. I imagine how different my story would be if my oncologist and radiologist had told me about the benefits of genetic testing. Here is how my story would have been told…more..

ANGELA'S STORY
When Angela T. enrolled in the genetic-testing program at Memorial Sloan-Kettering two years ago to find out whether she was predisposed to breast and ovarian cancer, it was in many ways the end of a long, difficult journey. For nearly 30 years, she had wondered not so much if she'd get sick but when... more..

MADELINE’S STORY
I was diagnosed at the age of 47 with stage I breast cancer. My daughter was 3 years old at the time. I had always gotten mammograms even before I should have and went yearly as parents told us to do. more..

LORYN’S STORY
My name is Loryn and 2 years ago today on July 25, 2004, we uprooted our family and moved to our new home in Southeast Florida. Why, I ask? more..

ANN’S STORY
I read your story in the Jewish Journal this week, and I applaud the work you are doing to educate young women in regard to BRCA 1 and BRCA 2. more..

JENNIFER’S STORY
My breast cancer story is a little extraordinary. I did not discover a lump, have other breast cancer symptoms or get diagnosed based on the reading of a yearly mammogram. Instead, my experience began with an “intuition,” or nagging sensation that kept pushing me to get checked. more..

HELEN'S STORY
I was diagnosed with stage IIIc ovarian cancer in 1987 when I was 41 years old. In 1998 I was tested and found out that I carry the BRCA 2 mutation. I have a first cousin who was diagnosed with stage 1 ovarian cancer in 1981. more..