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Know Your Breasts

WEBBreast cancer is the most common cancer in Americans, after skin cancer. The average risk of a person developing breast cancer in their lifetime is about 1 in 8 people with ovaries (or 12%). Understanding the symptoms and screening recommendations for breast cancer may help detect the disease as early as possible for best outcomes.

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Breast and Ovarian Cancer Awareness

WEBJoin us to become a fierce advocate for your health! Our Rivkin EDU webinars are 45-minutes of fun, frank, and fear-free breast and ovarian health education, hosted by a cancer survivor and health instructor. Join us to learn more about your body and get the tools to be a fierce advocate for your health.

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Dr. Charles Drescher

WEBDr. Charles W. Drescher has dedicated his career to curing a disease that he will never get. Through his years of hard-earned education and long hours in clinical practice, and perseverance in the lab despite the myriad …

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What you need to know about breast and ovarian cancer …

WEBHow do I know if I’m at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer? Our breast and ovarian cancer risk calculator can help you determine if you may be at increased risk for these diseases. Your personal and family medical history are the biggest clues, so talking to biological family members about their health history is an important step.

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Unknown family history

WEBHere are a few ways you can care for your health if you have an unknown family health history: 1. Make lifestyle choices that lower cancer risk. No matter your family history (or unknown health history), you can help lower your risk of getting cancer by avoiding tobacco, moderating or limiting alcohol, maintaining a healthy weight for your body

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Program & Abstracts

WEB3 NGCS 2019 Program 8:00am – 8:30am Check-in & Poster Set-up 8:30am – 8:40am Opening Remarks by Kiran Dhillon, PhD, Rivkin Center SESSION I: DETECTION AND …

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Sheba Fund for Health Service and Research Archives

WEBKeren Levanon, MD/PhD. Keren Levanon, MD/PhDSheba Fund for Health Service and Research2019 Pilot Study Award Microbiome profiling unveils metabolic vulnerabilities …

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A Gut Feeling: How advocating for my health led to early …

WEBIn the general population, around 1 in 400 people carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. People of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry have a 1 in 40 chance of carrying a BRCA mutation, making them 10 times as likely to carry a BRCA mutation as …

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The Rivkin Center Announces Awardees of 2021 Ovarian Cancer …

WEBThe mission of the Rivkin Center is to improve women’s health by helping them prevent, detect early, and survive ovarian and breast cancer. We do this by investing in cutting …

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About Scientific Program

WEBThe Rivkin Center’s Scientific Program serves as a catalyst for research by funding the best ideas from all over the world. Our goal is to eradicate ovarian cancer through advances in prevention, early detection, and treatment of the disease. We accomplish this by providing seed funding to researchers globally to develop innovative ideas and

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Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD

WEBUniversity of Washington Scientific and Medical Director. Mary L. (Nora) Disis, MD is the Associate Dean for Translational Health Sciences in the University of Washington (UW) …

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The Rivkin Center Adds New Board Members

WEBThe Rivkin Center is pleased to add three new board members to its board of directors. These board members bring a wealth of experience, both healthcare-related as well as …

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Weei-Chin Lin, MD, PhD

WEBAlthough MYC is known to cause platinum resistance in cancer, the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. Dr. Lin recently discovered that a protein called ACTL6A can both activate MYC and is activated by MYC, meaning that the two proteins form a positive feedback loop. He also found that ACTL6A is responsible for the chemoresistance caused by MYC.

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Meet an Instructor: Olivia Counihan

WEBThe Rivkin Center’s education program provides free ovarian and breast health education parties (workshops). Instructors educate women about their breast and ovarian health …

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Fiona Simpkins, MD

WEBFiona Simpkins, MDUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Circumventing drug resistance mechanisms in CCNE1 amplified ovarian cancers More than 80% of patients …

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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Archives

WEBIn the general population, around 1 in 400 people carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. People of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry have a 1 in 40 chance of carrying a BRCA mutation, making them 10 times as likely to carry a BRCA mutation as …

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