Familial risk assessment (legacy)

Description: Guideline for recording family history of breast and ovarian cancer and assessment of genetic risk

Publet Introduction:

The NICE clinical guideline on familial breast cancer covers the care of adult women who may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer because of a family history of breast or other cancers.

	Information
Guideline Objectives	To classify women with family history into three risk categories To recommend appropriate referral and risk management options for each category To recommend appropriate surveillance options To identify women suitable for recruiting in national clinical research trials
Target Setting	Family history clinic
Target Users	Author Release Date 14/11/2007
Overview	Risk assessment Referral Radiographic surveillance Risk management options
Provenance	IRC Cancer Research UK
Management	To classify women with family history into three risk categories To recommend appropriate referral and risk management options for each category To recommend appropriate surveillance options To identify women suitable for recruiting in national clinical research trials
Safety Case
Sources	NICE guidance
References	http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/stroke/stroke_guidelines_2ed.pdf http://www.webmd.com/ http://content.nejm.org/