PERSONAL HISTORY

• You or a loved one* has a rare form of cancer (for example, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, male breast cancer, metastatic prostate cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, medullary thyroid).
• You or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer earlier than usual (For example, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, or breast cancer diagnosed before age 50).
• You or a loved one has numerous types of cancer simultaneously, and cancer may present in two different organs (for example, bilateral breast cancer or kidney cancer).
• A colonoscopy revealed more than ten colorectal polyps.
• Being of a race or ethnicity with a hereditary predisposition for cancer (Example: Ashkenazi Jew).

FAMILY HISTORY

• First-degree relatives (parent, sibling, or child) with cancer of the same type (Example: mother, daughter, and sister with breast cancer, etc.).
• Relatives on the same side (mother or father) have the same cancer or related cancers (for example, breast, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate or colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, uterus, stomach, ovaries, pancreas).
• A family member has a genetic mutation that increases the risk of cancer.

CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HEREDITARY CANCER INHERITANCE

• Relatives include siblings, children, father, mother, uncle, aunt, grandfather, and grandmother.