| Colon
Cancer |
| Assessing
Your Risk |
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If
someone from your family — specifically, a biological
relative — has been diagnosed
with colon cancer, there is a chance you may have inherited
a gene from one of your parents that puts you at increased
risk for the disease as well.
Genetic Health has developed the following two tools to
help you assess your personal genetic risk for cancer:
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 Quick Screen |
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What You Do
Answer
8 quick health screening questions about you and your
family. The process takes less than five minutes.
What You Get
A
quick indication of whether you might be at increased
genetic risk for cancer and could benefit from using
our TreeBuilder tool.
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Medical Family TreeBuilder |
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What You Do
TreeBuilder walks you through the process of creating a private and secure family tree and medical history.
This process takes 20 to 90 minutes, but you can save your tree and return to finish it later if necessary.
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What You Get
Your saved tree is an archive of information for you and your family. You can also print out the tree and share it with your doctor or genetic counselor so that they can better advise you about your inherited risk for disease.
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Frequently
Asked Questions
How
is My Private Information Protected?
In addition to avoiding e-mail to deliver sensitive information, we also encrypt all information using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection. Personal information is only included on pages of our site that are secure and password protected. All Genetic Health computers that store personal information are protected with firewalls and a secure, high-speed internet connection.
Internal policies also protect your information. Only
a small number of authorized Genetic Health employees
have access to user´s personal information.
Why Can´t You Advise Me About My Risk?
We are currently adding a feature that will allow you to submit your tree and receive a presonalized risk report. Registered users will be notified when this new feature is available.
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