Breast And Ovarian Cancer Quotes

#1. BRCA-1, a gene that strongly predisposes humans to breast and ovarian cancer.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

#2. Risk reduction for BRCA2 carriers includes taking tamoxifen. Removing ovaries prior to age 40 drops breast cancer risk in half. Ovarian cancer surveillance is unfortunately inadequate at early detection, but birth control pills reduce ovarian cancer incidence up to 60%.

Kristi Funk

#3. Good writing is essentially rewriting.

Roald Dahl

#4. I'm not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It's really not my place.

Matthew McConaughey

#5. Flee from those who seek to make you doubt yourself!

Joko Ono

#6. When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#7. Nearly every BRCA mutation carrier's main concern is how to avoid the fate of relatives who have had, and possibly died from, breast or ovarian cancer.

Kristi Funk

#8. Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.

Roy Wilkins

#9. There is no finer revenge than that which others inflict on your enemy. Moreover, it has the advantage of leaving you the role of a generous man.

Cesare Pavese

#10. So much has already been written about everything that you can't find out anything about it.

James Thurber

#11. If a relative has suffered Ovarian or Breast Cancer, get the genetic screening. It saves lives.

Lisa Jey Davis

#12. African-American women who develop breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease than White women of the same age. Survival rates are worse among African-Americans for colon, prostate and ovarian cancers as well.

Frank C. Garland

#13. in BRCA-1 has a 50 to 80 percent chance of developing breast cancer in her lifetime (the gene also increases the risk for ovarian cancer), about three to five times the normal risk.

Siddhartha Mukherjee