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Doctors and patients may be aware in some families the young onset breast, ovarian and/or colon cancers may be due to inherited genetic mutations. 

Few are aware that rarer cancers such as pheochromocytomas have a much stronger likelihood of being hereditary.

Identifying these individuals and families may provide access to different treatment options and different surveillance strategies.  Also, the patient may be at risk of other cancers, as may their family members.

Presenter: Dr Hilda High, Genetic Oncologist 

Target Audience: GPs and Registrars, Nurses, Aboriginal Health Professionals, Allied Health Professionals and any interested health care provider

Learning Outcomes:

• Obtain a simple family history and analyse to distinguish a low risk family from a high-risk family with respect to rarer cancers such as kidney, thyroid, adrenal and others.
• Recognise when and how to refer a patient or a family to a genetic oncologist for further investigation and testing
• Apply national guidelines such as eviQ to diagnose and manage inherited cancer syndromes involving rarer tumours and cancers
• Understand the implications and limitations of genetic testing and the pros and cons of testing using single gene verse gene panels and be able to discuss this with patients
• Recognise that past history of cancer not just recent diagnosis can imply that a patient harbours an inherited cancer syndrome and be able to order and interpret simple tumour testing such as IHC to further investigate the possibility

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