Who would most benefit from hereditary cancer risk counseling?
Hereditary risk counseling may be especially helpful if you have a personal or family history of: • multiple family members affected by cancer of any type, especially in two or more generations • cancer occurring at an earlier age than is usually seen (such as breast or colon cancer before age 50) • more than one type of cancer diagnosed in one person • cancer in both breasts • male breast cancer • an inherited cancer predisposition (such as BRCA 1 or 2 mutation, familial adenomatous polyposis [FAP], Gardner syndrome, hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer [HNPCC] or Lynch syndrome) • several rare or unusual cancers
