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==Overview==
==Overview==
===Ontario Family History Assessment Tool===
==Ontario Family History Assessment Tool==
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Patients having a total score of equal to or more than ten should be referred to genetic testing for presence of potentially harmful BRCA mutations.  Lifetime risk for breast cancer doubles with a score of more than ten.<ref name="pmid11076055">{{cite journal| author=Gilpin CA, Carson N, Hunter AG| title=A preliminary validation of a family history assessment form to select women at risk for breast or ovarian cancer for referral to a genetics center. | journal=Clin Genet | year= 2000 | volume= 58 | issue= 4 | pages= 299-308 | pmid=11076055 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11076055  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist|2}}

Revision as of 09:14, 25 December 2013


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Twinkle Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Ontario Family History Assessment Tool

Risk Factor Points
Breast and ovarian cancer
Mother 10
Sibling 7
Second/third degree relative 5
Breast cancer relative
Parent 4
Sibling 3
Second/third degree relative 2
Male relative 2
Breast cancer characteristics
Onset at age 20-29 y 6
Onset at age 30-39 y 4
Onset at age 40-49 y 2
Premenopausal/perimenopausal 2
Bilateral/multifocal 3
Ovarian cancer relative
Mother 7
Sibling 4
Second/third degree relative 3
Age at ovarian cancer onset
<40 y 6
40-60 y 4
>60 y 2
Age at prostate cancer onset
<50 y 1
Age at colon cancer onset
<50 y 1

Patients having a total score of equal to or more than ten should be referred to genetic testing for presence of potentially harmful BRCA mutations. Lifetime risk for breast cancer doubles with a score of more than ten.[1]

References

  1. Gilpin CA, Carson N, Hunter AG (2000). "A preliminary validation of a family history assessment form to select women at risk for breast or ovarian cancer for referral to a genetics center". Clin Genet. 58 (4): 299–308. PMID 11076055.