Session: Making decisions about cancer risk

Speaker: Karen Hurley, PhD; Ora Gordon, MD

This 90-minute concurrent session will focus on helping BRCA carriers or those
with hereditary cancer risk sort through their risk-management options to make
decisions that are right for them given their individual circumstances and where
they are in their life-path. During this session, Drs. Hurley and Gordon will:

• outline standard-of-care risk-management options,
• help participants understand their immediate and lifetime risk for cancer
• assist participants in defining their priorities, goals, and timeline with
  regards to cancer risk management
• help participants sort through their risk-management options to
  make decisions that are right for their particular circumstances
• assist participants in determining a time-line for these decisions
• help participants cope with the emotional aspects of making these
  decisions
  

This session is appropriate for:

• People who carry a BRCA mutation or hereditary cancer in the family
  and who are faced with making cancer risk management decisions
• Parents/relatives/loved ones of people making decisions about cancer risk
• Health care providers who provide care to people with BRCA mutations or hereditary
  cancer risk
• Social workers/mental health care professionals who treat people with BRCA mutations
  or hereditary cancer risk

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