Hereditary Cancer Clinic
The clinic provides cancer genetic counseling, hereditary cancer risk assessment,
genetic testing and results interpretation with counseling, hereditary cancer surveillance
planning and management and coordination of subspecialist referrals.
Some of the hereditary cancer syndromes we manage in our Hereditary Cancer Clinic
include:
- APC-associated polyposis
hereditary conditions
- Birt Hogg Dubé syndrome
- Cowden syndrome/PHTS
- Gorlin syndrome
- Hereditary breast and ovarian
cancers
- Hereditary leiomyoma and renal
cell carcinoma
- Hereditary pheochromocytoma /paraganglioma
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome
- Lynch syndrome
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2
- MUTYH associated polyposis (MAP)
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
- Retinoblastoma
Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma Clinic
The Paraganglioma/Pheochromocytoma Clinic (PGG-PCC) at Augusta University Health and
Medical College of Georgia brings together a multidisciplinary team of specialists
to help patients who have been diagnosed with tumors of the autonomic nervous system
or who are concerned about the possibility of this diagnosis based on imaging, laboratory
findings, genetic test results, or family history. Despite their rarity, the Medical
College of Georgia has a team with deep experience in the diagnosis, genetics, surveillance,
and treatment of these tumors.
Tumors of the autonomic nervous system have different names depending on their location
in the body:
- Abdominal paraganglioma
- Carotid body tumor
- Chemodectoma
- Glomus jugulare
- Glomus tympanicum
- Glomus vagale
- Head and Neck Paraganglioma
- Pheochromocytoma
Referrals
There are two referral options for physicians who wish to refer their patient to the
PGG-PCC Clinic:
- Referral to the PGG-PCC Clinic
Following an initial evaluation that includes review of the individual and family
history and evaluation of imaging and laboratory tests, the leader of the PGG-PCC
Clinic assembles appropriate subspecialists into a team for each patient.
Referral Form/Fax
Fax: 706-721-0360
Phone: 706-721-6458
- Direct referral to a subspecialist on our team.
Georgia Neurofibromatosis Clinic
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a hereditary disorder that specifically targets the nervous
system. Georgia Cancer Center and Children's Hospital of Georgia have opened the new Georgia Neurofibromatosis Clinic in Augusta Georgia to provide comprehensive care to patients of all ages. We manage:
- Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Tuberous sclerosis complex
Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Clinic
Some childhood cancers have a hereditary predisposition due to an altered gene that
is transmitted from parent to offspring. The Pediatric Cancer Predisposition Clinic
at Children's Hospital of Georgia specializes in assessing for this risk through a
combination of a patient’s cancer history, family history, and genetic testing. Results
can influence patient care directly by influencing treatment recommendations or testing
for additional or new cancers for which the patient may be at risk. The results can
benefit the family members if they are also at risk.
For more information:
Call: 706-721-3626
Visit: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology page
Location:
1120 15th St., Suite BG
Augusta, GA 30912
VHL Clinical Care Center
Von Hippel Lindau syndrome (VHL) is a rare hereditary cancer disorder in which tumors
arise in the cerebellum, skull base, spinal cord, and kidneys, as well as other less
common sites in the body. Diagnosis and management of patients with VHL is best conducted
in a dedicated clinical center, such as the one based at the Georgia Cancer Center.
The VHL Clinical Care Center provides genetic, diagnostic and therapeutic expertise,
including access to the new HIF2a inhibitor belzutifan.
For more information:
Call: 706-446-5190
Find out more about the VHL Alliance.