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 cance…

- Kristi Funk

Options other than mastectomy include high risk surveillance and risk reduction. Surveillance is a combination of monthly self breast exam, annual ma…

- Kristi Funk

Our goal is to increase awareness about non-narcotic pain control options available before, during, and after surgical procedures that are so effecti…

- Kristi Funk

The most surprising fact that people do not know about breast cancer is that about 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer do not have a single rel…

- Kristi Funk

In my practice, the majority of mutation carriers choose mastectomy; however, for those without cancer, they have much more control over the timing. …

- Kristi Funk

The Angelina Effect refers to the fact that a powerful, beautiful, well-respected and world-renowned woman unabashedly revealed private medical detai…

- Kristi Funk

It is absolutely a good thing that she [Angelina Jolie] helped to educate the world about the existence of this mutation; hopefully, as a result, mor…

- Kristi Funk

By empowering people to initiate a conversation prior to surgery regarding their pain control options, we hope to reduce the incidence of narcotic ad…

- Kristi Funk

Risk reduction for BRCA2 carriers includes taking tamoxifen. Removing ovaries prior to age 40 drops breast cancer risk in half. Ovarian cancer survei…

- Kristi Funk