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The UCSF Prostate Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic is an expansion of the UCSF Cancer Risk Program to help individuals with a family history of prostate cancer. The clinic is run through collaboration with the UCSF Prostate Cancer Center.

Genetic counselors at the Prostate Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic assess an individual's personal and family history, verify cancer diagnoses, provide education and counseling, and offer genetic testing for cancer predisposition genes, when appropriate. Based on risk factors and genetic testing, the genetic counselors and physicians provide an individualized risk management program for each patient that includes recommendations for preventive measures and future screening for cancer.

Services

• In-depth cancer-risk assessment based on personal and family history
• Genetic counseling and education of cancer risk for patients and their families
• Screening examinations and tests, as appropriate
• Development of a personalized screening and prevention plan, in collaboration with the patient's referring doctor
• Strategies to reduce cancer-risk that include modifiable lifestyle changes and cancer-prevention options. This may include dietary changes to reduce a person's risk of cancer, which are thoroughly discussed with patients.
• The opportunity to participate in clinical research trials of new agents for prevention of prostate cancer, genetic testing and other appropriate research studies

Who Has an Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer?

• Two or more family members with prostate cancer -- especially when cancer is diagnosed in close relatives, such as father and son, brothers, etc.
• Prostate cancer occurring at age 60 or younger
• African American men have a higher background risk of developing prostate cancer than Caucasian men.
• Families with prostate cancer and breast cancer or ovarian cancer -- especially when these cancers occur in Jewish families
• Individuals with more than one primary cancer diagnosis
• Individuals with rare or less-commonly diagnosed cancers, such as breast cancer in a male
• Families with known hereditary cancer syndromes

Experts

At your first visit, you will see one or more of the following health care professionals: genetic counselor, urologist and medical oncologist. Other professionals, such as nutritionists and psychologists, also are available to consult with you and your family.

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