USPSTF Updates Recommendation on Screening, Counseling, Testing for BRCA-related Cancer

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has updated its Recommendation Statement onBRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing. The full recommendation is published online in the Aug. 20 issue of JAMA.

The USPSTF recommends that primary care clinicians assess women with a personal or family history of breast, ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancer or who have an ancestry associated with breast cancer susceptibility 1 and 2 (BRCA1/2) gene mutations with an appropriate brief familial risk assessment tool. Women with a positive result on the risk assessment tool should receive genetic counseling and, if indicated after counseling, genetic testing.

The USPSTF recommends against routine risk assessment, genetic counseling, or genetic testing for women whose personal or family history or ancestry is not associated with potentially harmful BRCA1/2 gene mutations.

Read the Recommendation Statement on the USPSTF website.

Posted 8/20/2019