My mother or father has cancer: what should I know about family history?
Understand family cancer history, inherited changes and what to prepare for a healthcare conversation when a parent or another relative has cancer.
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Cancer in the family: guides for your next conversation
Start with the question that brought you here. Learn which details to confirm and prepare for a conversation with a healthcare professional, at your own pace.
Breast or ovarian cancer in the family: questions to take to your doctor
What to clarify after a mother, father or relative has breast or ovarian cancer: family branches, BRCA terminology and questions for genetic counselling.
Read the guideMy father or mother had bowel cancer: what should I ask?
Prepare a conversation about bowel or colorectal cancer in your family, Lynch syndrome, polyps and the difference between tumour and inherited findings.
Read the guideMy father has prostate cancer: what does the family need to know?
Questions about prostate cancer in a father or brother, inherited susceptibility, relevant records and how to prepare for a clinician's assessment.
Read the guidePancreatic cancer in a parent or relative: preparing your questions
A practical guide to pancreatic cancer family history, exact diagnosis, inherited versus tumour findings and questions for a healthcare professional.
Read the guideMelanoma in the family: which details matter for a conversation?
Clarify skin versus eye melanoma, separate new primaries from spread, and prepare questions about family history without assuming an inherited mutation.
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Make sense of what you know.
Five questions, a summary and questions to take to an appointment. Free, without an account or sending your answers.