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BRCA1 hereditary cancer pedigree.

This pedigree organizes a family history that may raise questions about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. It distinguishes family members reported as affected from those known to carry a variant and those who are presymptomatic. The affected proband is marked so the clinical reason for the chart remains clear. Pedigrees are especially useful in cancer-risk assessment because they make relationships, generations and patterns of illness visible at once. A clinician can add ages of diagnosis, primary cancer sites and test results as the history becomes more complete. This is an illustrative chart only. Risk assessment and decisions about genetic testing should be made with an appropriately qualified health professional.

סוג תרשים שושלתתקן NSGC Pedigree Standardization (Bennett 2008)מנוע schematex-pedigreeעודכן 24.9.2026
BRCA1 family history
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הבקשה

“A BRCA1 hereditary cancer pedigree: an unaffected man and a deceased affected woman have an affected daughter, an unaffected son and a carrier daughter; the affected daughter has an affected daughter who is the proband, an unaffected son and a presymptomatic daughter; the carrier daughter has a carrier daughter and an unaffected son.”

ואז נסוAdd ages at diagnosis for each affected woman.Mark the carrier daughter as the consultand.
מה מופיע בתרשים הזה

פענחו את ההחלטות שמאחוריו.

01Affected relatives

Cancer appears in successive generations.

02Index case

The affected granddaughter is the proband.

03Variant status

Carrier and presymptomatic relatives are distinguished.

Use this pedigree to organize a hereditary cancer history before a genetics referral.

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שאלות נפוצות

שאלות נפוצות

What is a hereditary cancer pedigree?

It is a family diagram that records relationships, cancer history and, where known, genetic test status.

What does presymptomatic mean?

It identifies a person with a relevant genetic status who has not developed the recorded condition.

Does this chart diagnose BRCA1?

No. A pedigree supports risk assessment but a diagnosis requires appropriate clinical evaluation and testing.