title: NSGC practice guideline: risk assessment and genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
abstract: The purpose of this document is to present a current and comprehensive set of practice recommendations for effective genetic cancer risk assessment, counseling and testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The intended audience is genetic counselors and other health professionals who care for individuals with, or at increased risk of, hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Basking Ridge, NJ, USA. berlinej@mskcc.org
authors.forename: Janice L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Berliner
authors.forename: Angela Musial
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fay
authors.forename: Shelly A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tillmanns
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D024522:Genes, BRCA2; D005817:Genetic Counseling; D005820:Genetic Testing; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D018570:Risk Assessment