title: The NSW & ACT Hereditary Cancer Registers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The NSW & ACT Hereditary Cancer Registers (HCR) offer registration to people from families at risk for hereditary cancer.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article describes the Hereditary Cancer Registers and provides information to the treating health professional to register patients at risk of hereditary cancer to the HCR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HCR collaborates with treating doctors and familial cancer clinics to play an important role in the management of people at risk of hereditary bowel cancer.
authors.affiliation: Hereditary Cancer Registers, The Cancer Council New South Wales. libbyw@nswcc.org.au
authors.forename: Libby
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weir
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spigelman
authors.forename: Rodney
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeckendorf
authors.forename: Freddy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sitas
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020958:Australian Capital Territory / Q000453:epidemiology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D008297:Male; D009386:Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D040442:Public Health Informatics; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment