Knowing Your Family Cancer History Could Save Your Life

Ashley Nissenberg Joffe was an amazing mom to three young children, a loving wife, an incredible sister, daughter, and friend, as well as an exceptional attorney with the ability to handle any situation with kindness and grace, inspiring all to be better, more compassionate, and joyful.

Ashley was a fast-rising star attorney and partner at the Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm Yorn Levine Barnes Krintzman Rubenstein Kohner Endlich and Gellman. The firm’s partners remarked, “Ashley was an indelible figure in the fabric, life, and culture of our firm and our practice [and] a fierce and effective advocate for her clients, whom she loved and cared about in ways that words cannot capture.”

Ashley Nissenberg Joffe passed away on May 7, 2022, after a courageous eleven-month battle with triple-negative metastatic breast cancer. Ashley’s doctor said that had she gotten genetic testing, she would be alive today. Knowing your family history and sharing it with your doctor can save your life. If certain types of cancers appear to run in your family, genetic testing may be right for you.

Stand Up To Cancer raises awareness and funds research to detect and treat cancers with the aspiration to cure all patients.