High-risk Criteria

SIGNS THAT SUGGEST FAMILIAL BREAST AND/OR OVARIAN CANCER 

Be alert and talk with your doctor if on the same side of family you see:

• Several family members with breast cancer, especially if they are 1st and 2nd degree;
• One or more relatives developing breast cancer before the age of 50;
• One or more men with breast cancer;
• Bilateral breast cancer (both breasts), or a new cancer in the same breast of an old one;
• Several cases of breast cancer, but also ovarian or prostate cancer
• A mutation linked to breast cancer syndrome in a close relative.

If you identify any of these in your family history, talk with your doctor and ask for information on the available genetic services or  Familiar Cancer Services .

You can read the criteria to be referred by your doctor to these services  here .

Do not forget though:

• Even if you belong to a family with a history of breast and/or ovarian hereditary cancer, this does not mean that you will develop the disease.
• There are several ways to manage an increased risk of disease .