About Our Program

Who can benefit from our program?

Individuals who have a personal and/or family history that includes any of the following may benefit from our program:

• Multiple relatives on the same side of the family with the same cancer or related cancers e.g. breast/ovarian/pancreatic colon/uterine/ovarian
• Cancer at unusually early ages e.g. breast cancer <45 years colon cancer <50 years
• More than one diagnosis of cancer in the same individual e.g. breast and ovarian cancer in one person colon and uterine cancer in one person
• Rare cancers e.g male breast cancer medullary thyroid cancer
• A family history of a known altered cancer-predisposing gene

For more detailed referral guidelines, please see our referral guide fact sheet. [PDF]