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You Have a Higher Risk of Ovarian Cancer. Now What? (Ovarian Cancer Awareness Series, Part 1 of 9)
You have an increased risk of ovarian cancer. Now what?
This is Episode 1 of 9 in our Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month series, where we spend September looking at ovarian cancer through the lens of hereditary cancer risk.
Host Marisa Stachelski, a BRCA2 previvor, colon cancer survivor, and your guide through hereditary cancer risk, breaks down what "increased risk" actually means once you get past the scary headline. BRCA1, BRCA2, BRIP1, RAD51C, RAD51D, and Lynch syndrome can all raise ovarian cancer risk, but not by the same amount, not starting at the same age, and not with the same next…
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