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Informed Consent Required Help: Yes

Specimen Source

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  • Cell culture
  • Peripheral (whole) blood
  • Saliva
  • Skin

Test Codes

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Test Orderable By

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  • Health Care Provider

Test services

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  • Clinical Testing/Confirmation of Mutations Identified Previously

Ordering Requirements

Genetic Counseling Required Pre-test Help
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Genetic Counseling Required Post-test Help
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Contact Policy

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  • Laboratory can only accept contact from health care providers. Patients/families are encouraged to discuss genetic testing options with their health care provider.

Suggested reading

  • USPSTF, 2019
    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA1/2-Related Cancer in Women: A Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • USPSTF, 2013
    Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer: Systematic Review to Update the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (See 2019 Update)
  • Phillips et al., 2013
    Tamoxifen and risk of contralateral breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
  • Domchek et al., 2010
    Association of Risk-Reducing Surgery in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Carriers with Cancer Risk and Mortality
  • NCI PDQ, Cancer Genetics Counseling
    Cancer Genetics Risk Assessment and Counseling (PDQ®): Health Professional Version

Practice guidelines

  • NCCN, 2022
    NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, Genetic/Familial High-Risk Assessment: Breast, Ovarian, and Pancreatic version 2.2022
  • NICE, 2019
    UK NICE Clinical Guideline CG164, Familial breast cancer: classification, care and managing breast cancer and related risks in people with a family history of breast cancer, 2019
  • ACMG ACT, 2019
    American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Genomic Testing (Secondary Findings) ACT Sheet, BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants (Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer), 2019

Consumer resources

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