Your Step by Step Guide
If you are concerned about hereditary cancer, these steps will start you on your way to knowing your inherited cancer risk.
- Look for red flags in your personal and family history. Select a link below to take the appropriate quiz. Print your quiz result.
- Make an appointment with your doctor or Find a Healthcare Professional who offers cancer risk assessment and genetic testing. Prepare to talk with your doctor by gathering your family cancer history
- Take your Family History and Red Flag quiz results to the doctor with you
- If you and your healthcare provider decide that genetic testing is appropriate for you, have a test done, a small amount of blood will be drawn and sent to Myriad Genetic Laboratories for analysis. An oral rinse process is also available for the BRACAnalysis® and COLARIS® tests as an alternative to a blood draw
- You will receive test results from your doctor about 2 weeks after testing.
- After you receive your results, you and your doctor can discuss your personalized cancer risk reduction steps.
Look for Red Flags
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Syndrome BRACAnalysis®
Lynch Syndrome (colon and endometrial cancer) COLARIS®
Polyposis Syndromes (colon cancer) COLARIS AP®
Hereditary Melanoma and Pancreatic Cancer Syndrome MELARIS®
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