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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 31.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2019 Oct 22;171(12):925–930. doi: 10.7326/M18-2417

Table 2:

Guidelines for which patients to consider for genetic assessment and/or testing (14,15)

Criteria that suggest obtaining genetic assessment and/or testing include:
Personal history of breast cancer with Diagnosis ≤ 45 years
Triple negative breast cancer diagnosis ≤ 60 years
≥2 primary breast cancers (bilateral or ipsilateral)
Male with breast cancer
Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and breast cancer at any age
Personal history of pancreatic, metastatic prostate, or ovarian cancer
Individual with no personal history of breast cancer with high suspicion of hereditary cancer in 1st or 2nd degree relatives; however, testing of the affected individual should be performed when possible