Healthcare Professionals
Background Information
As with all decisions about your health, it's important to be informed—and to get the information on which you base your decisions from a trusted, impartial source. The sources listed below offer a starting point. Be sure to keep track of any questions that come up so you can ask your doctor at your next visit.
From the National Cancer Institute:
Note: The National Cancer Institute is part of the National Institutes of Health, a US government agency.
From the American Cancer Society:
- What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?
- Do We Know What Causes Breast Cancer?
- Learn About Ovarian Cancer
- Detailed Guide: Ovarian Cancer
Note: The American Cancer Society is not affiliated with Myriad Genetic Laboratories.
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"When someone with a family history of breast cancer has been tested and found to have an altered BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, the family is said to have a known mutation."
- The National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health
