Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Breast and Ovarian Surveillance Service (BOSS)
Director: Deborah K Armstrong, MD
Phone: (410) 502-7082
Address: Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building, Outpatient Services, Baltimore, MD 21205
Services:
- Review of family history and other risk factors
- Risk assessment
- Breast exam and instruction in breast self-exam
- Genetic counseling and testing
- Prevention and screening recommendations
- Education on hormone replacement therapy
Colon Cancer Risk Assessment Service
Director: Francis M. Giardiello, MD
Phone: (410) 502-7082
Address: Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building, Outpatient Services, Baltimore, MD 21205
Services:
- Review of family medical history
- Risk assessment
- Genetic counseling and testing
- Recommendations for screening, prevention, and detection
Familial Cancer Service
Director: Constance A. Griffin, MD
Phone: (410) 502-7082
Address: Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building, Outpatient Services, Baltimore, MD 21205
Services:
- Review of family medical history and risk factors
- Risk assessment
- Genetic counseling and testing, if available
- Discussion of available prevention and screening
Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Registry
Director: Francis M. Giardiello, MD
Phone: (410) 955-3875
Toll free (888) 77-COLON (772-6566)
Services:
- Evaluation of family history
- Genetic counseling
- Recommendations for cancer management
- Research studies
- Information for patients and professionals
- Patient referral
Mid-Atlantic Cancer
Genetics Network (MACGN)
Principal Investigator: Constance A. Griffin, MD
Betty May: (410) 502-9232
Toll free: (877) 880-6188
Address: Reed Hall West, Suite 3-306, Baltimore, MD 21205
Services:
- Newsletter
- Educational materials
- Cancer Family Registry
- Website www.MACGN.org
- Ongoing research
National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry (NFPTR)
Director: Allison Klein, PhD
Phone: (410) 955-3502
Services:
- Evaluation of selected affected families
- Research Studies
- Resource for Investigators
- Newsletter
- Website National Familial Pancreas Tumor Registry
Anne Arundel Medical Center
The Breast Center
Director: Lorraine Tafra, MD
Phone: (443)
481-5300
Address: 2002 Medical Parkway, Suite 120, Annapolis, MD 21401
Services:
- Family history analysis
- Cancer risk assessment using detailed pedigree analysis and quantitative models
- Assessment of other risk factors in a family history such as heart disease, osteoporosis, and stroke
- Education regarding surveillance, treatment, hormone replacement therapy and use of Tamoxifen
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