UCLA Health is a medical center integrated with a research and teaching university. Patients have access to a full range of services, including early detection, prevention, education, wellness, nutritional guidance, survivorship and psychological support.

UCLA Health’s genetics experts evaluate the patients’ risk of cancer and other diseases. UCLA Health offers cancer genetics counselling, guidance and support to help the patient make important decisions about the patient’s health with these risk factors in mind.

Clinics, centers and hospitals are located in Westwood, Santa Monica, throughout Southern California and the Central Coast. Clinical trials are offered across California and the United States.

• Genetic counselling: helps to identify your inherited cancer risks and advise you on how to move forward.
• Genetic testing: tests a blood or saliva sample to look for genetic mutations that can increase cancer risk.
• Hereditary cancer-risk assessments: genetic counsellors examine your family history to identify increased cancer risk.
• Paediatric Cancer Predisposition Clinic (PCPD): genetic counsellors provide personalised assessments for children aged 18 or younger who have a genetic disorder that increases their cancer risk.
• Tailoured prevention plans: creates a personalised strategy to reduce your risk of developing a hereditary cancer.