ArticleJournal of medical genetics2025
Impact of NICE Guideline NG241 'Ovarian Cancer: identifying and managing familial and genetic risk' on a regional NHS family history and clinical genetics service.
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- Identification and management of genetic susceptibility to cancer: UK perspective.BMJ oncology · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundNICE Guideline NG241: identifying and managing familial and genetic risk of ovarian cancer (OC) was published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in March 2024. NG241 advises germline genetic testing of genes predisposing to OC in unaffected individuals with an OC family history at different mutation likelihood thresholds depending on age and sex, ranging from 2% to 10% likelihood of finding a germline pathogenic variant (GPV). Prior to implementation of NG241, updates to the NHS England National Genomic Test Directory would be required. Clinical genetics services have to consider equity of access to assessment and testing across all familial cancer types, best use of their limited resources and other factors such as complexity of delivery of clinical pathways.
methodsWe analysed data from 8011 patients who provided digital family histories to the South West Thames Centre for Genomics between October 2019 and June 2024.
resultsWe estimate 527/782 (68%) females and 28/77 (36%) males would meet test criteria for NICE NG241. We estimate we would reject 2919/5485 (53%) females and 135/1208 (11%) males with the same likelihood of carrying a GPV, but with a breast cancer rather than OC family history. Testing the familial OC cohort at a universal 5% threshold in OC families would detect ~11 carriers for 229 tests compared with ~8 carriers for 278 tests following NG241 criteria.
conclusionOur data highlight additional factors needing to be considered before the NICE Guideline NG241 can be implemented by regional genetics services.
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