NSGC Practice Guideline: Risk Assessment and Genetic Counseling for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer.

Berliner JL, Fay AM, Cummings SA, Burnett B, Tillmanns T.

Source

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA, berlinej@mskcc.org.

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this document is to present a current and comprehensive set of practice recommendations for effective genetic cancer risk assessment, counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The intended audience is genetic counselors and other health professionals who care for individuals with, or at increased risk of, hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer.