Barbara Boughton is an award-winning freelance writer and editor whose health and medical articles have appeared in publications such as the Lancet Oncology, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Consumer Reports and Better Homes and Gardens. She is a former contributing editor for In Touch, a magazine for cancer patients. A former reporter and columnist for the Houston Post in Texas, she is the recipient of the Barbara Jordan Communications Award for writing about people with disabilities. She graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979, and grew up in Old Bethpage, a town on Long Island, New York. Michael Stefanek, PhD, is the Vice President of Behavioral Research and Director of the Behavioral Research Center of the American Cancer Society. His research has focused on psychosocial and behavioral oncology, and he has published extensively on issues related to women at high risk of developing breast cancer. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and has presented nationally and internationally in areas related to behavioral oncology. He lectures at medical conferences such as the American Association of Cancer Research and the Society of Behavioral Medicine several times each year.