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Abstract| Volume 139, ISSUE 3, P586, December 2015

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Referrals to Genetic Counseling in Patients with Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Primary Peritoneal Cancer, an Institutional Review

      Introduction: In October 2014, the SGO endorsed genetic testing for all individuals with epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer (EOC). Limited studies have shown genetic counseling (GC) referral rates of 20%. Genetic mutations involving 21 genes are thought to explain 24% of EOC. Our objective was to identify rates of GC referral and the incidence of gene mutations in patients (pts) with EOC at Hartford Hospital (HH) and The Hospital of Central Connecticut (HOCC).
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