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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Sharsheret Teleconference and Webinar Explored the Connection Between the Holocaust and Breast Cancer

Sharsheret's national teleconference and webinar, The Impact of the Holocaust on Breast Cancer in Jewish Families Today, recorded on July 14, 2010, featured Lital Keinan-Boker, MD, PhD, MPH, Faculty Member of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, Rifky Atkin, Sharsheret Link and Child of Holocaust Survivors, and Niecee Schonberger, MS, CGC, Genetics Program Coordinator, Sharsheret. The panelists addressed the research study demonstrating a higher incidence of breast cancer among Jews living in Europe during the Holocaust, challenges of tracing family cancer histories destroyed during the Holocaust, and concerns of Jewish women and families considering genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer.

Listen to Sharsheret’s National Teleconference and Webinar, The Impact of the Holocaust on Breast Cancer in Jewish Families Today.



To download a written transcript, please click here.

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