Yale Cancer Center Genetic Counseling Program
The Cancer Genetic Counseling Program at Yale Cancer Center is a clinical program that provides services to individuals at high risk for hereditary cancer syndromes due to their personal or family histories of cancer. This program is based on a three-part counseling model consisting of
1. Obtaining a detailed medical and three-generation family history
2. Calculating a personalized risk assessment and providing options for prevention, surveillance, and genetic testing (e.g. BRCA1, BRCA2, HNPCC)
3. Coordinating and interpreting genetic testing, and developing a management plan based on the test results
The Cancer Genetic Counseling Program offers educational lectures and programs to medical and lay groups, and is a shared resource that can provide patient populations, clinical and technical support to research projects in the area of cancer genetics.
- Early-onset cancer (breast cancer or colon/uterine cancer).
- Multiple cases of related cancers on the same side of the family or in the same individual (breast/ovarian/pancreatic cancer or colon/uterine/ovarian cancer).
- A family history of breast or ovarian cancer at any age and Jewish ancestry.
- Rare or unusual cancers/tumors/physical findings (male breast cancer, medullary thyroid cancer or sebaceous carcinomas).
- Individuals with multiple and/or early-onset colon polyps.
- A colon, uterine or sebaceous carcinoma that is MSI (microsatellite instability) or IHC (immunohistochemistry) abnormal.
- Known genetic mutation in the family (e.g. BRCA1, BRCA2, HNPCC, FAP, etc.).
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Bale, Allen Everett, MD | Professor of Genetics; Director, DNA Diagnostic Lab | |
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Hofstatter, Erin Wysong, MD | Assistant Professor of Medicine (Medical Oncology) | (203) 200-2328 Appts
(203) 200-5057 Fax |
