Familial breast cancer

Summary

The NICE clinical guideline on familial breast cancer covers the care of adult women who may be at increased risk of developing breast cancer because of a family history of breast or other cancers.

It does not specifically look at: women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer or men, but the recommendations may be relevant to some men because, although rarer than in women, men may get breast cancer and this may run in families.

This guideline is an update of advice on familial breast cancer that NICE produced in 2004. The advice on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast cancer screening has changed, but all the other advice is the same.

Documents

For healthcare professionals

• CG41 Familial breast cancer - Full guideline appendix 2
• CG41 Familial breast cancer - Full guideline appendix 1
• CG41 Familial breast cancer - Full guideline (the new recommendations and the evidence they are based on)
• CG41 Familial breast cancer - NICE guideline (all the recommendations) (MS word version)
• CG41 Familial breast cancer - NICE guideline (all the recommendations)
• CG41 Familial breast cancer - Quick reference guide

For patients, carers and the public

• CG41 Familial breast cancer - Understanding NICE guidance

Background information

• 2006/050 NICE issues update on familial breast cancer guideline to incorporate new evidence
• CG014 Familial breast cancer - Full guideline (unchanged recommendations and the evidence they are based on.)

Implementing this guidance

Any further information NICE has produced to help the NHS implement this guideline locally is linked to below:

• CG41 Familial breast cancer - costing template (based on the new recommendations)
• CG41 Familial breast cancer - costing report (based on the new recommendations)
• CG014 Familial breast cancer - Costing report (based on the original recommendations)
• CG014 Familial breast cancer - Costing template (based on the original recommendations)