Genetic Analysis and Counseling

Parathyroid cancer sometimes runs in families and is caused by genes. If multiple people in your family have been diagnosed with parathyroid cancer, you may want to be evaluated by genetic counselors associated with the Cancer Center who specialize in syndromes (e.g., multiple endocrine neoplasm syndromes) that can cause parathyroid cancer. If one of these syndromes runs in your family, you can be carefully monitored so that if you develop parathyroid cancer it can be caught early when it is most treatable.