Genetic Cancer Testing and Counseling

The Tesiero Cancer Center offers genetic counseling and testing. If you are concerned about your personal or family history of cancer, our team can help you make medical decisions about how to manage your risk.

Would genetic counseling be helpful to me?

• Do you have a family member with a known inherited harmful genetic change that increases cancer risk?
• Have you or a close relative been diagnosed with cancer at a young age?
• Has anyone in your family been diagnosed with more than one type of cancer?
• Do you have multiple family members that have been diagnosed with the same type of cancer? particularly with patterns such as
  • Several first-degree relatives (the parents, siblings, or children of an individual) with the same type of cancer
  • Family members with breast or ovarian cancer
  • Family members with colon cancer and endometrial cancer
• Have you or a close relative been diagnosed with cancer in both organs in a set of paired organs, such as both kidneys or both breasts
• Are you related to someone who has been diagnosed with a rare type of cancer (for example, male breast cancer)
• Are you related to someone who is known to have an inherited mutation that can cause cancer?
• Are you a member of a racial or ethnic group that is known to have an increased risk of having a certain inherited cancer susceptibility syndrome and having one or more of the above features as well?

If you are interested in learning about your hereditary risk for cancer, or you have any questions, please contact our office.