Table 4. Proportion of patients who require assessment by tumour site and probability.

Tumour type	Proportion of new cancers in Australia	Role for genetics	High %	High and moderate %	Moderate %	Low %	Research %
Colorectal	14	Yes	5	21	16	79
Breast	13	Yes	3	24	21	76
Ovary	1	Yes	5	5	0	95
Gynae-ovary	4	Yes	0	3	3	97
Kidney	3	Yes	0	5	5	95
Brain	2	Yes	2	2	0	100
Sarcoma	1	Yes	1	1	0	99
Thyroid	1	Yes	1	5	4	95
Lung	10	No	0	0	0	100
Prostate	12	Yes	0	0	7	93	7
Melanoma	11	Yes	0	0	1	99	1
Head and neck	4	No	0	0	0	100
Lymphoma	4	No	0	0	0	100
UK primary	4	No	0	0	0	100
Bladder	3	No	0	0	0	100
Leukaemia	3	No	0	0	0	100
Gastric	2	No	0	0	0	100
Pancreas	2	No	0	0	0	100
Liver	1	No	0	0	0	100
Oesophagus	1	No	0	0	0	100
Gallbladder	1	No	0	0	0	100
Myeloma	1	No	0	0	0	100
Testes	1	No	0	0	0	100
Other	1	No	0	0	0	100