CDC Inside Knowledge: Every Piece Matters 

Audio Descriptive Text 

The video opens with individual close-up shots of three women, each holding a framed photo of a family member. The first woman hangs two photos on a studio wall alongside a collection of other framed photographs. The camera switches to a close-up shot of the photo collage, panning up to show the complete collection. The camera switches back to a close-up shot of the woman smiling as she looks at the photographs. 

The camera shows a second woman hanging a framed photograph of a family member to complete her photo collection. The camera switches to a close-up shot of her photo collage, panning down to show the complete collection, which is slightly smaller than the first woman’s. 

The camera switches to a shot of a third woman holding a single framed photo, which she carefully hangs on the wall. The camera switches to a close-up shot of her face as she looks at the photograph. The camera then switches to her framed photo on the wall and zooms out to show that her collection consists of a single photograph. 

The camera then shows complete shots of each of the three collections of photos. The camera switches to wide shot, showing all three women standing next to each other in front of the studio wall looking at their respective photo collages. The camera zooms out slowly.  

The final shot shows the camera slowly panning left over a collection of photographs and ending on the call-to-action: Learn more at cdc.gov/cancer/familyhistory.  

 

Transcript 

Having some types of cancers in your family can affect your own risk of getting cancer.

That’s why it’s important to build a picture of the cancers that run in your family on both sides. This starts with asking questions. Who was diagnosed with cancer? What type of cancer? How old were they when they were diagnosed?

Sometimes, just a single piece of information can make a difference in understanding your risk. If you know of even one close relative who had ovarian cancer or male breast cancer, that is important to share with a health care provider.

Not all of us have access to a complete family health history, and that’s okay. Share what you do know with a health care provider, then ask what additional information would be helpful to learn from your relatives.
  
Ask your doctor if genetic counseling and testing is right for you based on your family health history. If you have a higher risk of some cancers, there are steps you can take to manage and lower your risk.

Video Summary 

In this video, three women hang family photo collages on a studio wall to depict their unique family health and cancer histories. Voiceover explains how having some types of cancers in your family can affect your own risk of getting cancer and emphasizes the importance of sharing what you do know with a health care provider to better inform your health decisions.