Cancer Australia

The Familial Risk Assessment - Breast and Ovarian Cancer (FRA-BOC) on-line tool:

• is designed for use by health professionals such as general practitioners
• provides an estimation of the risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer, based on family history, for unaffected women i.e. those who have not had a diagnosis of breast cancer or epithelial ovarian cancer
• assists health professionals to reassure the majority of women who are at population risk, based on their family history
• identifies women who should be referred to a family cancer clinic for further assessment and advice
• supersedes the 2006 version of the resource Advice about familial aspects of breast cancer and epithelial ovarian cancer: a guide for health professionals
• covers additional family history scenarios not included in the 2006 or 2010 guide.

Please note:

• Family history should be updated regularly – it may change with time
• An absence of family history does not mean there is no risk of breast/ovarian cancer.
• A FRA-BOC risk assessment places a woman within one of three broad risk categories. This helps determine appropriate management e.g. reassurance or possible referral to a family cancer clinic for further assessment.
• FRA-BOC uses sufficient information to determine a risk category, so in some cases additional questions, such as whether a woman has a relative with bilateral breast cancer, will not appear.

The FRA-BOC algorithm and all aspects of presentation are owned by and copyright of National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, 2011.