Cancer Screening

Hereditary Cancer Risk Assessment helps patients understand their risk for cancer based on personal and family history. Genetic testing and cancer risk assessment can provide important information for risk management strategies, including individualized guidelines for cancer screening and prevention. For women with a personal or family history of cancer -  including cancers diagnosed at a young age or multiple relatives with the same type of cancer, this is particularly important.

When coming in for an exam at Women’s Specialists of Bucks County, you will be asked to complete a comprehensive questionnaire dealing with personal and family history of cancer. Our doctors and nurse practitioners will go over the questionnaire with you and further discuss your personal or family history of breast, endometrial, ovarian, and colon cancers. If it is determined you are at risk, you will be offered testing that day, or you can come back into the office for testing a different day. Our clinicians will also discuss your option foe genetic testing, and also make some recommendations for screening, preventing, and managing your hereditary cancer risk.

If it is determined that you have an increased risk for cancer, your clinician will work with you to develop a personalized prevention strategy that may include increased surveillance or preventative surgery.