Martina
I discovered I was a BRCA1 mutation carrier in January 2018, at the age of 24 (I would have turned 25 at the end of...
We make everyone’s story a collective force and an universal experience. On this page we collect the stories of women and men with a genetic predisposition to cancer living in Belgium. Their stories talk about how they discovered their genetic mutation, the impact on their and their family’s lives, cancer prevention, cancer treatment, family planning and much more.
A big thank you to these brave women and men for sharing their stories!
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Catherine
My mom had breast cancer, I was 11 years old. She then developed metastasized ovarian cancer. At 22, I discovered that I carry the BRCA1...
Anonymous (man)
I’m a 38-year-old Belgian man, born in 1985. I carry a BRCA1 mutation, which I’ve inherited from my mother. This was discovered in 2016, following...
Nathalie
I was 36 years old. I was enjoying my life as a young mother, my daughter was 4 years old, my son was 1 year...
Anonymous (woman)
My mother had breast cancer. There was never any indication to think that it might be a genetic type of cancer as there was no...
Yasmine
Just before my 40th birthday, I discovered that I was a carrier of the BRCA2 genetic mutation.
Milica
On the 6th of September 2018, my mother was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer. In March 2020, at the age of 23, following some tests,...
Dorien
Ik was 14 toen mijn grootmoeder eierstokkanker kreeg. Na een strijd van bijna 10 jaar overleed ze aan uitzaaïngen.
Emmanuel
I chose to get tested, knowing the risk of inheriting my mother's cancer-causing gene. For me, it was better to know rather than live in...
Anne
Due to many cancer cases in our family, my mother decided to take a genetic test. She quickly found out that she carried the BRCA2...
Mathilde
My mum had breast cancer when I was 6-7 years old. I can still remember her diagnosis like it was yesterday. From the height of...
Louise
I found out I was carrying the BRCA 1 mutation during the 1st confinement (COVID-19), a telephone consultation to receive the results of the genetic...
Joan
Hi, I'm Joan, 35 years old and a BRCA1 mutation carrier. When I was 15, in 2004, my maternal grandmother declared her second breast cancer...
Floriane
It was at the age of 23 that I learned that I was a carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation. In my mother's family, there...
Anaïs
My name is Anaïs, I'm (almost) 41 and my story began in 2016 with a phone call from my little sister, Chloé. phone call from...
Christelle
My grandmother had time to grow old, and breast cancer. My mum died of ovarian cancer at the age of 58. It was in the...
Yasmine
In February 2024, at the age of 34, I was diagnosed with breast cancer following a self-check. I'd been paying close attention for a long...
Isabelle
I was born on 18 April 1983 in Namur. When I was 27, in January 2010, I was taking a shower and felt a lump...
Rolande
In 2006, at the age of 41, I fell ill for the first time. A triple-negative tumor in each breast. This led to a lumpectomy...
Martina
30 yo, BRCA 1
Catherine
34 yo, BRCA 1
Anonymous (man)
38 yo, BRCA 1
Nathalie
43 yo, BRCA 2
Anonymous (woman)
35 yo, BRCA 2
Yasmine
45 yo, BRCA 2
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Other testimonials:
- BeProTest: testimonials (FR / NL)
- Geneticancer: testimonials (FR)
- BRCA France: testimonials (FR)
- Kom op tegen Kanker: testimonial (NL)
- Het zit in de familie: testimonials (NL)
- MAG UZA: testimonial (NL)
- BRCA-Netzwerk e.V.: testimonials (DE)
- Ovarian Cancer Action: testimonials (EN)
- Facing Our Risk: testimonials (EN)
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