What to Expect:

• The genetics team will work with you to obtain a complete family history and personal risk assessment questionnaire.
• The genetics nurse will meet with you and provide genetics counseling, education and risk assessment.
• Based upon your risk assessment, you may decide to have a simple blood test to determine if you carry a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2. The blood sample is sent to a national laboratory specializing in highly sophisticated genetic testing technology.
• If you have the genetic blood test, in two to three weeks you will be contacted to discuss the results.  
• The significance of the test results for other family members is also explained.
• You will receive a detailed summary of your risk, a plan of careful monitoring tailored to the your level of risk and a color copy of a three-generation family tree. 
• You may also receive information about research studies underway at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas for which you may be eligible.

Fees:

At this time there is no fee for genetic counseling in the Hereditary Cancer Risk Program.

Patients will be billed separately by the genetic testing laboratory for the genetic testing. Genetic testing fees are usually covered by medical insurance.

For additional information, please call 214.820.9600.