Referral guidelines for UK Markey Cancer Center Clinical Genetic Counseling
Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome
Affected: An individual with any of the following:
- Mutation identified in family member*
- Breast cancer diagnosed ≤ 45y
- Breast cancer diagnosed ≤ 50y with:
- An additional breast cancer primary
- ≥ 1 close relative1 with breast cancer
- ≥ 1 close relative1 with pancreatic cancer
- ≥ 1 close relative1 with prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥7)
- An unknown or limited family history
- Triple negative breast cancer diagnosed ≤ 60y
- Breast cancer diagnosed at any age with:
- ≥ 1 close relative1 with breast cancer diagnosed ≤ 50y
- ≥ 1 close relative1 with ovarian cancer at any age
- A close relative1 with male breast cancer
- ≥ 2 close relatives1 with breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, or prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥7) at any age
- Male breast cancer at any age
- Primary ovarian cancer (epithelial, non-mucinous) at any age
- Prostate cancer (Gleason score ≥7) or pancreatic cancer at any age with ≥1 close relative¹ with ovarian cancer at any age or breast cancer ≤50y or two relatives with breast, pancreatic, or prostate cancer at any age
- BRCA 1/2 mutation detected by tumor profiling in any tumor type
Unaffected (whenever possible, testing should begin in an affected family member): An individual with either a maternal or paternal family history of any of the following:
- Mutation identified in family member*
- ≥ 3 breast primaries from the same side of the family; especially if one is diagnosed ≤ 50y
- Breast cancer diagnosed ≤ 45y
- Ovarian cancer diagnosed at any age
- Male breast cancer
- Member of an at risk population (i.e. Ashkenazi Jewish) with a family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer
- First- or second-degree relative meeting any of the criteria listed to the left
Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndromes
Lynch syndrome
- Mutation identified in family member*
- Individual meeting Amsterdam II Criteria
- ≥3 relatives with a cancer associated with LS²; all of the following criteria should be present
- One relative must be first-degree relative of the other two
- At least two successive generations affected
- At least one relative’s cancer should be diagnosed before age 50y
- ≥3 relatives with a cancer associated with LS²; all of the following criteria should be present
- Individual meeting revised Bethesda Guidelines
- Colon cancer diagnosed <50y
- Synchronous or metachronous colorectal or other LS-related tumors², regardless of age
- Colon cancer in a patient with ≥1 first-degree relatives with an LS-related cancer², with one of the cancers diagnosed before age 50y
- Colon cancer in a patient with≥2 first- or second-degree relatives with LS-related cancers² regardless of age
- Personal or family history of colorectal (especially right-sided) or endometrial cancer diagnosed ≤50y
- Tumor with MSI-high or IHC showing absence of one or more MMR proteins
- ≥ 3 close relatives¹ with Lynch syndromeassociated cancers²
Hereditary Polyposis
- Mutation identified in family member*
- Clinical diagnosis of FAP or other polyposis syndrome
- ≥ 10 adenomas in the same individual
- Individual with multiple gastrointestinal hamartomatous or hyperplasic polyps
General
- ≥ 3 close relatives¹ with a diagnosis of the same cancer type (≥2 relatives if the patient is one of the affected individuals)
- A single individual with multiple primary cancer diagnoses; especially if one was ≤ 50
- A combination of breast cancer and any one of the following cancers on the same side of the family:
- Thyroid
- Sarcoma
- Adrenocortical carcinoma
- Endometrial
- Pancreatic
- Brain
- Diffuse gastric
- Leukemia/Lymphoma
- Dermatologic manifestations of Cowden Syndrome
¹Close relatives include first-, second- and third-degree relatives
² LS-related cancers include colorectal, endometrial, gastric, ovarian, pancreas, ureter and renal pelvis, biliary tract, brain (usually glioblastoma), and small intestinal cancers, as well as sebaceous gland adenomas and keratoacanthomas (as seen in Muir-Torre)
* A copy of the family member’s test results is needed to test the patient
Contact
If you have a patient who you suspect may have a hereditary cancer syndrome but does not fit into these referral guidelines, please contact our patient services coordinator at 323-2798 or email the clinical cancer genetics team at CancerGenetics@uky.edu to discuss whether a referral for genetic counseling is appropriate.
Download the referral form
- Clinical Genetic Counseling Referral Form (PDF, 603 KB)
