CANCER GENETICS RISK ASSESSMENT AND COUNSELING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: GENECSLR 721 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize family histories suggestive of sporadic, multifactorial, and hereditary cancer Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge of all major inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and genes, both moderate risk and high risk Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate the ability to assess cancer risk based on personal and family history Audience: Graduate 4. Identify individuals and families meeting guidelines for cancer susceptibility gene testing Audience: Graduate 5. Interpret cancer genetic test results in the context of a patient’s personal and/or family history Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Recognize family histories suggestive of sporadic, multifactorial, and hereditary cancer Audience: Graduate 2. Demonstrate knowledge of all major inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and genes, both moderate risk and high risk Audience: Graduate 3. Demonstrate the ability to assess cancer risk based on personal and family history Audience: Graduate 4. Identify individuals and families meeting guidelines for cancer susceptibility gene testing Audience: Graduate 5. Interpret cancer genetic test results in the context of a patient’s personal and/or family history Audience: Graduate