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Cancer genetic counseling
Cancer: The family connection
A percentage of certain cancers, including colorectal, breast, ovarian,
and melanoma, have a hereditary component that can be passed from one
generation to the next. If you have a family history of cancer on either
your mother's or father's side and/or a personal history of cancer, you
should look for the following risk factors:
- Two or more family members on the same side of your family have had the same cancer
- A family member was diagnosed with cancer at an unusually young age (e.g. breast cancer at 45 years or younger; colon cancer at 50 years or younger)
- A clustering of related cancers (e.g. breast/ovarian, or colon/uterine) in the family
- A family member carries a known genetic mutation (e.g. BRCA1, BRCA2, MSH2, MLH1)
For people who want to learn more, genetic consultation is available for Yale-New Haven patients through the Cancer Genetic Counseling Shared Resource of the Yale Cancer Center.
A genetic consultation will include:
- A detailed review of your family and medical history
- A risk assessment of the chance that the cancer in the family are hereditary
- A discussion of the risks, benefits and limitations of genetic testing
- An individualized schedule of screening examinations and discussion about cancer prevention
For more information about cancer genetic counseling, please visit yalecancercenter.org/genetics or call (203) 764-8400.
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Last revised: April 24, 2007 (dh)
