Cancer Genetics & Risk Prevention

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Knowing your potential cancer risk can help you and your physician make better, more informed decisions about your health before the onset of cancer or a second cancer has a chance to develop.

The Cancer Genetic Risk and Prevention Program offers genetic evaluation and counseling services to individuals and families who may be at an increased risk for developing certain cancers. Hereditary cancer risk may be linked to more than one type of cancer.

Personal and family medical history evaluation
Risk assessment using pedigree and computerized risk prediction models
Genetic education and counseling
Genetic testing facilitation
Psychosocial support

Counseling is offered for individuals with any personal or family history of:

Cancer diagnosed at an age younger than 50
More than one primary cancer
More than one close family member with cancer
Rare cancers (male breast cancer, ovarian or sarcoma)
Ashkenazi Jewish Ancestry
Known cancer susceptibility syndrome in your family