Factors influencing intrafamilial communication of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer genetic information

Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer

Familial breast cancer was first recognized in the Roman medical literature of 100 AD [1]. The first documentation of familial clustering of breast cancer in modern times was published by Broca, who reported 10 cases of breast cancer in 4 generations of his wife’s family [2]. In the middle of the nineteen nineties it was proven at the molecular level that a substantial number of breast and ovar...

Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer

Genetic counselling for hereditary predisposition to ovarian and breast cancer.

Since the identification of BRCA 1 and 2 in 1995, testing for mutations in these genes has been offered to cancer patients and their families by clinical genetics services. These services are provided across Europe by a small number of health professionals, and are therefore low volume, and low capacity and patients experience considerable delays, both in seeing a clinician and in laboratory te...

Genetic Testing for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome

The following protocol contains medical necessity criteria that apply for this service. The criteria are also applicable to services provided in the local Medicare Advantage operating area for those members, unless separate Medicare Advantage criteria are indicated. If the criteria are not met, reimbursement will be denied and the patient cannot be billed. Please note that payment for covered s...