Criteria for Counseling & Testing Patient for BRCA1 & BRCA2 Mutations

Are you considering the testing of a patient for hereditary breast cancer?

Is the patient's family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent?

Number of close female relatives with onset of breast cancer <= 40 years of age

Number of close female relatives with onset of breast cancer from 41 to 50 years of age

Number of close female relatives with onset of breast cancer at > 50 years of age

Number of close male relatives with breast cancer

Number of close relatives known to be BRCA1 or BRCA2 carriers

Number of close female relatives with ovarian cancer