NZ Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Service (NZFGCS)

Public Service

Open today: 8:00am - 4:30pm

The NZ Familial Gastrointestinal Cancer Service (NZFGCS)

• offers assessment of bowel cancer risk for people with a family history of gastrointestinal cancer
• facilitates the diagnosis of hereditary cancer by confirming the family history
• offers surveillance recommendations
• coordinates surveillance for high-risk families
• offers specialist management advice
• provides information for families on familial GI cancer.

The Service comprises a multidisciplinary team that specialises in the assessment and management of familial gastrointestinal cancer. The team consists of family history assessors, gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, oncologists and geneticists. We work closely with genetic services in New Zealand.

We are a national service funded by the Ministry of Health with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch

 

For more information about our service please click here.

Services provided Assessment of the Family's Level of Risk for Developing Gastrointestinal Cancers Co-ordination of Bowel Screening for High Risk Families Facilitation of Genetic Testing where Appropriate Specialist Management Advice to Assist in Patient Care Lynch Syndrome Please click here to read more Serrated Polyposis Syndrome (SPS) Please click here to read more Hours

Open today: 8:00am - 4:30pm

Mon - Fri: 8:00am - 4:30pm

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