What should I do if BRCA-positive?

Discuss enhanced screening and risk-reducing options with your physician and genetic counselor.

Should men be tested for BRCA?

Yes; with relevant family history men are also at risk.

Both increase breast/ovarian cancer risk with slightly different risk profiles.

Genetic Tests

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations are among the most important hereditary causes of breast and ovarian cancer.

Full sequencing of BRCA1 and BRCA2 with deletion/duplication analysis (MLPA).

Family history of breast/ovarian cancer, early-onset disease or male breast cancer.

EDTA blood or saliva.

BRCA1, BRCA2.

Identification of germline pathogenic variants linked to cancer risk.

A negative result does not exclude all cancer risk.

To Be Added

To Be Added

Breast, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic cancers.

Contact Gene Negar Ayandegan for sample submission, laboratory collaboration, or more information.