Genetics - patient leaflets

Diagnosing and assessing the risk of inheriting a genetic condition

This page lists leaflets produced or used by our department. Each leaflet is reviewed at least every two years to make sure it is kept up to date.

Chemoprevention

Description:
This leaflet explains about the use of chemoprevention in women who have an increased risk of breast cancer due to their family history of the disease.

Connective tissue disorder clinic

Description:
This leaflet offers further information on the connective tissue disorder clinic, including what happens there and who should attend.

Genetics - About your clinical genetics appointment

Description:
Leaflet about having a clinical genetics appointment at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Neurofibromatosis type 1

Description:
This leaflet offers information about neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1), how it is diagnosed, and how it might affect you.

Prenatal Array CGH

Description:
This leaflet provides information about prenatal array CGH (comparative genomichybridisation).

Psychological support in the BRCA family service clinic and for cancer genetics clinic patients

Description:
This leaflet describes the psychological services available in the BRCA family service clinic and available also to patients seen in the cancer genetics clinic. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the person caring for you within the genetics service.

Psychology services for patients considering risk-reducing mastectomy

Description:
This leaflet explains the psychology services available for patients considering a mastectomy to reduce their cancer risk.

Referral to the genetics clinic to discuss inherited ovarian cancer

Description:
This leaflet offers information about being referred to the genetics clinic to discuss the possibility of you having inherited ovarian cancer.
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