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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2009 Mar;149A(3):349–356. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32643

Table VI.

Other Follow-up Recommendations

SP Case 1
Mother with breast cancer at age 60, presenting with breast lump
SP Case 2
Sister, mother and maternal aunt with breast cancer < 50 years
SP Case 3
Sister, paternal aunt and paternal grandmother with breast cancer < 50 years, and paternal aunt with ovarian cancer

Follow-up with primary care physician 4 (16%) 4 (14%) 3 (9%)

Other follow-up related to cancer risk (such as referral to oncology) 0 (0%) 13 (46%) 3 (9%)

Medical genetics referral 6 (24%) 8 (29%) 3 (9%)

Genetic testing
• Candidate for genetic testing 0 (0%) 6 (21%) 1 (3%)
• Not a candidate for genetic testing 18 (72%) 2 (7%) 18 (54%)
• No opinion 7 (28%) 18 (64%) 14 (42 %)