Cade, D.

Evans, D. Gareth

Foulkes, William D.

Hadfield, L.

Hoare, E.

Hopwood, P.

Kerr, Bronwyn

Narod, Steven A.

Serruya, Corinne

Aims: Awareness of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in both the general public and the medical profession is increasing. Individuals who may be at risk on the basis of a family history are requesting risk determination and appropriate management in a variety of settings. Risk determination relies largely on pedigree analysis and epidemiological data. Methods: We describe five individuals presenting in the family cancer or genetic counselling clinic where a factitious family or personal history led to erroneous risk estimation. Common factors in these families are a history of benign breast disease, poor communication within families, long survival with early onset or bilateral disease, a lack of detailed knowledge of the illness and treatment in close relatives and inconsistencies in the history in repeated consultations

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False family history of breast cancer in the family cancer clinic

False family history of breast cancer in the family cancer clinic

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