Further reading / patient information
- Cancer Research UK fact page
- Breakthrough Breast Cancer guide for patients regarding genetic testing
- All Wales Medical Genetics Service homepage
- Referral guidelines into the Cancer Genetics Service for Wales
- NICE clinical guidance 164 – Familial breast cancer
- NICE information for the public – Familial breast cancer (breast cancer in the family)
- The Royal Marsden’s patient guide to BRCA1 and BRCA2
- The on-line BOADICEA risk estimation tool
- The STAR trial (Raloxifine v. Tamoxifen)
- Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer: Report of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project P-1 Study
- Anastrozole for prevention of breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women (IBIS-II): an international, double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial
- You may wish to use the web resource and the case study for a practice-based meeting - this link downloads a pdf of the case study.