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Finding, tracking, and recording your immunizations on your vaccination record

Hereditary cancer means cancer runs in your family, and could be caused by a change in certain genes that you inherited from your mother or father. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are two genes that are important to fighting cancer.

CDC Study: Flu Vaccine Saved 40,000 Lives During 9 Year Period - CDC

CDC Vital Signs - Preventing Teen Pregnancy

Table I   Provisional cases of selected infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) — United States, week ending March 28, 2015 (12th Week).

A list of possible breast cancer symptoms.

Certain family history patterns indicate a higher risk for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation.

Learning your family history of cancer, from both your mother’s and father’s sides, can help you know if you have a higher risk for getting breast or ovarian cancer at a young age.

Mary Parham1, Laura Edison2,3, Karl Soetebier2, Amanda Feldpausch2, Audrey Kunkes2, Wendy Smith2, Taylor Guffey2, Romana Fetherolf4, Kathryn Sanlis3, Julie Gabel2, Alex Cowell2, Cherie Drenzek2 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Tonya R. Williams, PhD1, Suhana Alam, MPH1, Marcus Gaffney, MPH1 (Author affiliations at end of text).