Yodeah: Strong Women Making Powerful Choices
When: | October 19, 2021 7:30 PM |
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Virtual |
Organizer: | Adrienne Pardo |
Contact: | Adrienne Pardo at [email protected] ((305) 632-9547) |
Cost: | No charge |
Summary: | How one simple test empowered these women with the knowledge they needed to make life-saving decisions about BRCA mutations and cancer for themselves and for their families. |
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Ali Rogin, PBS NewsHour Producer and author of “Beat Breast Cancer Like a Boss”, Rabbi Laila Haas, Director of Adult Learning and Growth at CAJE and Yodeah Board Member, Dr. Liz Etkin-Kramer, Yodeah Founder and Gynecologist, will share their journey and the choices they made to ensure a long, healthy life for themselves and to avoid passing the BRCA mutation on to their children. One in 40 Ashkenazi Jewish men and women carry a BRCA mutation which can lead to a higher risk of breast, ovarian, melanoma and prostate cancer. There is also a 50% chance of passing this mutation on to the next generation and most don’t know. If you know you carry this mutation, there are pro-active measures you can take to mitigate these risks and significantly reduce your chance of developing cancer.
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- 2021-10-19 19:30:00 2021-10-19 19:30:00 America/New_York Yodeah: Strong Women Making Powerful Choices How one simple test empowered these women with the knowledge they needed to make life-saving decisions about BRCA mutations and cancer for themselves and for their families. (http://jewishmiami.org/events/yodeahs_strong_women_making_powerful_choices) VirtualPlease refer to event page Adrienne Pardo [email protected]
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