About this site.
This decision aid is intended to be used by women with a BRCA1 or BRCA 2 gene alteration who have not had a previous diagnosis of breast or ovarian cancer.
This decision aid provides you with information about the various options that are available to reduce or manage your cancer risk.
It explains the main advantages and disadvantages (pros & cons) of each procedure, enabling you to weigh them up which may help you to make up your mind about which option(s) is most suitable for you.
Making a decision about which risk management option(s) to choose is not urgent and you should take your time to consider the pros and cons of each option.
The developers have no competing interests to declare.
In the video above, Advanced Nurse Practitioner Yvonne Hanhauser introduces the decision aid and talks about the decision-making process for women with a BRCA gene alteration.
This Decision Aid website was funded by the Irish Cancer Society