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What’s Jewish about
Know the Facts
breast cancer and ovarian cancer?
18 1 72
in
in
women women
will be will be
diagnosed with diagnosed with
breast ovarian
cancer cancer PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING & SUPPORT PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING & SUPPORT
in her lifetime in her lifetime

1 833 MEN
1 1,000 men
in in

will be diagnosed with
breast cancer
in his lifetime

1 40 carries a BRCA
in
gene mutation
ashkenazi
As compared to 1 in 400
Jews in the general population

WHETHER YOU WERE DIAGNOSED 10 MONTHS
OR 10 YEARS AGO, SHARSHERET IS HERE TO HELP.
men only
&
WHAT DOES SHARSHERET DO?
women
10-20%
Provides One-on-One Support

can both be carriers of BRCA gene Education and Outreach
mutations, with each having a 50% chance
• Community Events
• Mental Health Counseling
of passing it on to the next generation, of breast and ovarian
and are at increased risk for breast, male • Webinars
• Emotional Support
breast, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic cancer is hereditary
• Financial Subsidies • Campus Outreach
and prostate cancers.
• Genetics Consultations • Volunteer Opportunities
• Peer Connections • Resources
Multi-gene panel testing can IDENTIFY MUTATIONS in BRCA1 or BRCA2 and other genes (e.g., ATM, 335
Sharsheret provides free and confidential breast cancer and ovarian cancer support.
CHEK2, or PALB2) or Lynch Syndrome, any of which may predispose you to a variety of cancers
including Breast, colon, male breast, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and uterine.
Contact Illinois Regional Director
Eve Kleinerman at 312.767.2045
or ekleinerman@sharsheret.org
SEPHARDI may also be genetically predisposed to

JEWS hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Sagi, M., Eilat, A., Ben Avi, L. et al. Familial Cancer (2011) 10: 59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10689-010-9395-9