However, little is known about the adherence to the surveillance recommendation of a large group of counselees, namely those who were the first in their family to request breast cancer genetic counselling and in whom no BRCA1/2 gene mutation was detected (i.e., they received a BRCA1/2 negative test result) (Albada et al. 2014; Van Dijk et al. 2006). Here, BRCA1 is linked to breast cancer.