Comprehensive Hereditary Cancer Program

St. Elizabeth Healthcare has the only Comprehensive Hereditary Cancer Program in the Tri-state area with full-time staff genetic counselors dedicated to working with women and families at increased risks for hereditary cancers. 

• Do you have concerns about your family history of cancer?
• Were you diagnosed with breast, ovarian, or colon cancer before the age of 50?
• Do you have family members who were diagnosed with breast, ovarian, colon or uterine cancer at a young age?
• Are their family members in either your mom or your dad’s side of the family who have had early onset cancer or multiple cancers?
• Has anyone been told they have breast cancer more than once?

Genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes and cancer susceptibility is now available to patients with appropriate personal or family histories. Genetic test results can be used to make specific screening and management recommendations.  Increased screening for breast and colon cancer in high-risk individuals saves lives.

At St. Elizabeth, we offer comprehensive genetic counseling, hereditary cancer risk assessment and high-risk management for:

• Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer  (BRCA1 and BRCA2)
• Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC)
• Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)
• Cowden syndrome
• Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
• Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and other rare hereditary cancer syndromes

Management options will be personalized to meet the patient’s needs and healthy living goals.  St. Elizabeth manages patients with the most advanced screening technologies including Breast MRI. 

If you would like more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact the genetic counselors of the Hereditary Cancer Program at  (859) 301-5396.

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