Services
Genetic Counseling & Testing
If cancer runs in your family, knowing your risk gives you choices. Our team helps you understand your family history, decide whether genetic testing is right for you, and plan the next steps with you.
Takes less than a minute.
Hereditary cancer
When Cancer Runs in the Family
Most cancers happen by chance. About 10% are hereditary, caused by specific inherited genes that make a person more likely to develop cancer. These genes can be passed from one generation to the next.
Our prevention, early detection and genetic counseling programs offer education and care for people who, because of their personal or family history, are at high risk for developing cancer.
10%
of cancers are hereditary. They can include, but are not limited to:
Why it matters
There are Ways to Reduce Your Risk
If cancer runs in your family, genetic counseling and testing may be right for you. Here's what it can do.
Know your risk
Genetic testing looks at your genes to show whether you carry an inherited risk for certain cancers.
Make informed choices
Your results help you and your doctor decide on options for early detection and lowering your risk.
Already diagnosed?
Testing can still help. It shows your risk for a second cancer and can guide your treatment plan.
Protect your family
Your results also give your close relatives important information about their own risk.
Your care team
Guidance at Every Step
Our providers are trained in hereditary cancer risk. We take the time to understand your history, answer your questions and help you decide what's right for you and your family.
- Recognize and evaluate family histories for hereditary cancer syndromes
- Assess your familial cancer risk
- Use mutation risk models to estimate the chance of a hereditary mutation in your family
- Explain genetics and hereditary cancer syndromes, and talk through ethical, family and privacy questions, including concerns about discrimination, so every decision stays yours
- Coordinate your genetic testing and interpret the results
- Review what your results mean for your medical care
- Provide follow-up support and coordinate any referrals