Genetic Testing
Precision Diagnostics
What it is
Why Genetic Testing?
If you or any member of your family has ever been diagnosed with cancer, genetic testing can help identify inherited genetic mutations that may increase your chances of developing certain types of cancer. Specifically, the HALO hereditary cancer genetic testing process looks for genes commonly associated with cancers that run in families. Your HALO Precision Diagnostics Report will identify which screening tests may be recommended for you based on medical societal guidelines. Those test results can help detect hereditary cancers at an earlier stage, giving you and your provider the best opportunity to stay on top of your risks and start therapy for any disease you may develop when it is most easily treatable.
Don't leave your health to chance.
What it is
Who should consider Genetic Testing?
PERSONAL HISTORY
If you have had any of the following cancers, you should think about speaking with your healthcare provider about the HALO Genetic Health PathWay:
• Breast cancer at any age
• Ovarian cancer at any age
• Metastatic prostate cancer at any age
• Pancreatic cancer at any age
• Endometrial or colorectal cancer under age 65
FAMILY HISTORY
If anyone in your family—including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, first cousins or your children—meets the following criteria, you should consider hereditary cancer genetic testing:
• Female breast cancer under age 50
• Ovarian cancer at any age
• Male breast cancer at any age
• Two breast cancers in one relative at any age
• Three or more breast cancers in relatives on the same side of the family at any age
• Metastatic prostate or pancreatic cancer in a first-degree relative
• Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry and a relative with breast cancer at any age
• Colon, rectal or uterine cancer at age 49 or younger
• A gene mutation
