USPSTF Recommendation: Assessment, Counseling, and Testing for BRCA -Related Cancer

This 2019 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women with a family or personal history associated with increased risk for harmful mutations in the BRCA1/2 genes and with a positive result on a brief familial risk assessment tool should receive genetic counseling and, if indicated, genetic testing (B recommendation) and recommends against routine risk assessment, genetic counseling, or genetic testing for women whose personal or family history is not associated with potentially harmful BRCA1/2 gene mutations (D recommendation).
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research