It's said that laughter is the best medicine and for Yael Cohen, CEO and Founder of Fuck Cancer, that is her prescribed strategy in jump-starting conversations around cancer.
About 12 percent of all women will get breast cancer, but 60 percent of BRCA positive women will. Having a harmful BRCA 1 or 2 mutation increases your chances of getting breast cancer by five times.
Stories are what make people tick, passion is what motivates and inspires, and there's no better way to experience passionate stories than straight from the horse's mouth.
I am aware that the F-bomb opens doors for this movement and starts the much needed conversation about cancer, but I am also confident that we have the substance to sustain a long term movement.
I decided I would do something to teach people how to look for cancer instead of just find it, because early detection really was my family's salvation.
While the nine to five of the Clinton Global Initiative was insightful, informative, and interesting it was ultimately the afterhours activities that made my CGI experience so memorable.
Before marking our one year anniversary next month, FCancer is turning September into "F-tember," launching a month-long campaign during which you can help raise awareness through your social networks.