Who are we?

This is an information site specifically dedicated to hereditary breast cancer and hereditary ovarian cancer.

BRCA is an abbreviation for Breast Cancer and stands for the 2 breast breast and ovarian cancer genes BRCA-1 and BRCA -2.
The website has been put together and is kept up to date by the Hereditary working group of the BorstkankerVereniging Nederland (BVN) – the breast cancer association in the Netherlands.

Our Aims:

To provide information:
To raise awareness about the problems associated with hereditary breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

To provide a support network:
To offer help, advice and support to all members (including partners) of families who have a history of breast or ovarian cancer within the family.

To look after our interests:
To promote the special interest of our target group – for example the social consequences of  being a gene carrier.

This website is regularly updated with new information.

The website was made financially possible bij ZOEK organization (Zorg en Onderzoek Erfelijke vormen van Kanker "Care and research into hereditary froms of cancer" ) – founded by the Lions club residents in the Hague and the Ladies circle “the Aa”