Lisa Schlager
Vice President, Community Affairs, FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, Tampa, FLVice President, Community Affairs, FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered, Tampa, FL
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Best Practices in Breast Cancer – October 2018 Vol 9
In 2010, FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered successfully spearheaded passage of a congressional resolution declaring the first-ever National Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Week. This also included National Previvor Day, an important step in giving an identity to individuals who have a strong family history and/or a gene mutation that places them at high risk for cancer but who do not have a cancer diagnosis. Previvors have unique needs and concerns that are separate from the general population as well as from individuals already diagnosed with cancer, and should be encouraged to connect with one another.
Last modified: October 24, 2018