Hereditary breast and ovarian cancers

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1691-1692

  Carroll, June C ^a,b   Cremin, Carol ^c   Allanson, Judith ^d,e   Blaine, Sean M ^b,f   Dorman, Heather ^g   Gibbons, Clare A ^h   Grimshaw, Jeremy ⁱ   Honeywell, Christina ^d   Meschino, Wendy S ^b,h   Permaul, Joanne ^j   Wilson, Brenda J ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f STAR Family Health Team   (Canada)

^g Sudbury Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^h NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUMOR GENE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ONTARIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58049198217     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

References (4)

1. Predictive Cancer Genetics Steering Committee. Ontario physicians' guide to referral of patients with family history of cancer to a familial cancer genetics clinic or genetics clinic. Toronto, ON: Ontario Medical Association; 2001. Available from: www.oma.org/pcomm/OMR/nov/01genetics.htm.
2. Horsman D, Wilson BJ, Avard D, Meschino W, Kim Sing C, Plante M, et al. Clinical management recommendations for surveillance and risk-reduction strategies for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer among individuals carrying a deleterious BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2007;29(1):45-60.
3. Narod SA, Offit K. Prevention and management of hereditary breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2005;23(8):1656-63.
4. For a listing of cancer genetics clinics in Canada, along with their respective contact and referral information, visit the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors website at www.cagc-accg.ca.