Survive and Thrive Resource Directory

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Breast Cancer • Diagnosed at any early age (50 years or younger) • Two types of breast cancer in the same person at any age • Triple negative breast cancer (ER/PR/Her2Negative) • Diagnosed with breast cancer at any age with … - One relative with breast cancer before age 50 or ovarian cancer at any age OR - Two relatives on the same side of the family with breast cancer or pancreatic cancer at any age • Male breast cancer • Multiple relatives on the same side of the family with breast cancer at any age • Breast cancer with any of these other cancers or features: - Sarcoma, non-medullary thyroid cancer, adrenocortical carcinoma (cancer), brain tumors, stomach cancer, uterine cancer leukemia/lymphoma, very large head size, skin changes (specific to a genetic condition known as Cowden syndrome) Other Female Cancer • Ovarian cancer at any age • Uterine cancer before age 55 Colon Cancer or Polyps • Colon or rectal cancer diagnosed before age 50 • More than 10 colon polyps • Colon or rectal cancer with any of the following cancers in the same individual or another family member, especially if diagnosed before age 50: - Uterine, stomach, ovarian, small bowel, kidney/ureter, brain, pancreatic, bile duct (also sebaceous gland adenomas and keratoacanthomas)

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