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. 2025 Aug 20;10(9):105541. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105541

Table 2.

TP53 variants, pathogenicity and types of cancers

TP53 variant Pathogenicity Subjects (n) Individual Sex (male/female) Type of test: predictive (P)/diagnostic (D) Types of cancer (age at diagnosis of cancer or at last f/u if no cancer diagnosed, years) Cause of death/alive at last f/u
c.1010G>A (R337H) Pathogenic/likely pathogenic 3 1 F D
  • Leiomyosarcoma (33)

Metastatic leiomyosarcoma
2 M D
  • Prostate cancer (55)

  • Renal cell carcinoma (65)

Metastatic prostate cancer
3 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (48)

Alive at last f/u
c.1024C>T Pathogenic 4 1 F D
  • Malignant phyllodes of the breast (17)

  • Liposarcoma of the vulva (19)

  • Thyroid carcinoma (25)

Alive at last f/u
2 F P
  • Granulosa cell tumour of the ovary (29)

  • Basal cell carcinoma skin (33)

Alive at last f/u
3 F D
  • Breast cancer (27, 37)

Metastatic breast cancer
4 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (43)

Alive at last f/u
c.1031T>C Pathogenic 1 1 M D
  • Colorectal adenocarcinoma (33)

  • Leiomyosarcoma bilateral thighs (36, 52)

  • Glioblastoma (57)

Glioblastoma
c.151G>T Likely pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Ovarian germ cell tumour (21)

  • Embryonal carcinoma of vagina (24)

Metastatic carcinoma
c.196C>T Pathogenic 1 1 F P
  • Glioblastoma (45)

  • Renal carcinoma (45)

  • Leiomyosarcoma (45)

Glioblastoma
NB: all three cancers were diagnosed in the same year—renal and uterine cancer detected on a one-off WB-MRI and the glioblastoma diagnosed following emergency admission with neurological symptoms
c.273G>A Pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma (2)

  • Leiomyosarcoma (24, 41)

  • Breast cancer (29)

  • Basal cell carcinoma skin (40)

Alive at last f/u
c.314_315delinsAT Pathogenic 1 1 M D
  • Prostate cancer (61)

Metastatic prostate cancer
c.375G>A Pathogenic 1 1 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (49)

Alive at last f/u
c.377A>G Likely pathogenic 1 1 M P
  • Sarcoma (31)

Metastatic sarcoma
c.422G>A Pathogenic/likely pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia treated with whole body irradiation (15)

  • Leiomyosarcoma (29, 32)

  • Melanoma (31)

  • Breast cancer (32)

Patient lost to f/u following her last cancer diagnosis
c.455C>T Pathogenic 7 1 M D
  • Chondrosarcoma (14)

Alive at last f/u
2 F D
  • Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (52)

Relapse lymphoma in CNS
3 F P
  • Astrocytoma (33)

Alive at last f/u
4 M D
  • Myxofibrosarcoma (51)

  • Bladder carcinoma (55)

Alive at last f/u
5 M P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (51)

Alive at last f/u
6 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (60)

Alive at last f/u
7 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (62)

Alive at last f/u
c.473G>A Pathogenic/likely pathogenic 4 1 F D
  • Breast cancer (56)

  • Leiomyosarcoma (56)

Encephalopathy probably sarcoma related
2 M D
  • Chondrosarcoma (22)

  • Rectal adenocarcinoma (43)

Alive at last f/u
3 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (42)

Alive at last f/u
4 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (56)

Alive at last f/u
c.524G>A Pathogenic 2 1 F D
  • Breast cancer (31)

  • Leiomyosarcoma (36)

  • Lung adenocarcinoma (38)

Metastatic leiomyosarcoma
2 M D
  • Sarcoma MPNST (32)

  • Glioblastoma (35)

Glioblastoma
c.589G>A Likely pathogenic 2 1 F P
  • Breast cancer HR+; HER2− (36)

Metastatic breast cancer
2 F P
  • Breast cancer ER+; HER2− (46)

Alive at last f/u
c.638_639delinsAG Pathogenic 1 1 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (47)

Alive at last f/u
c.638G>A Pathogenic 3 1 F D
  • Breast cancer HR+; HER2− (38)

Lost to f/u
2 F D
  • Leiomyosarcoma (31)

  • Ductal carcinoma in situ breast (46)

Metastatic leiomyosarcoma (LFS diagnosed post-mortem)
3 F P
  • One person with no cancer diagnosed at last f/u (42)

Alive at last f/u
c.659A>G Likely pathogenic 2 1 F D
  • Breast cancer—Paget’s disease (28)

  • Sarcoma of ethmoid (34)

  • Radiation-induced squamous cell skin carcinoma (45)

Lost to f/u
2 F D
  • Adrenal carcinoma (4)

  • Breast cancer HR+, HER2+ (26)

Metastatic breast cancer
c.694A>T Likely pathogenic 2 1 F P
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (55)

Alive at last f/u
2 F P
  • Lung adenocarcinoma (49)

Metastatic lung cancer
c.715A>G Likely pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Ewings sarcoma (11)

  • Astrocytoma (25)

Astrocytoma
c.733G>A Pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Breast cancer bilateral (32, 37)

  • Gastric carcinoma (50)

Alive at last f/u
c.745_726del9 Likely pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Myxofibrosarcoma (39)

Metastatic myxofibrosarcoma
c.766A>G Likely pathogenic in 2016, then downgraded to variant of uncertain significance in 2022 2 1 F P
  • Bilateral breast cancer (72)

Alive at last f/u
2 F D
  • Bilateral breast cancer (34)

  • Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (59)

Metastatic pancreatic cancer
c.818G>A Pathogenic 6 1 F P
  • Breast cancer (31)

Alive at last f/u
2 F D
  • Breast cancer (34)

  • Acute myeloid leukaemia (43)

Acute leukaemia
3 F D
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ right (44)

  • Bilateral breast cancer (48)

Alive at last f/u
4 F D
  • Malignant phyllodes of the breast (18)

  • Contralateral ductal carcinoma in situ (22)

  • Endometrioid ovarian cancer (26)

Alive at last f/u
5 F P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (22)

Alive at last f/u
6 M P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (23)

Alive at last f/u
c.824G>A Pathogenic/likely pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Bilateral breast cancer (45, 48)

  • Liposarcoma (47)

Metastatic liposarcoma
c.844C>T Pathogenic/likely pathogenic 2 1 F D
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma (1)

  • Breast cancer (25)

  • Radiation-induced osteosarcoma (26)

Metastatic breast cancer
2 F D
  • Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (6 months)

  • Bilateral ductal carcinoma in situ (25)

  • Malignant PEComa (sarcoma) (25)

  • Osteosarcoma (27)

Metastatic osteosarcoma
Exon 1 deletion Likely pathogenic 2 1 M D
  • Dermal sarcoma shoulder (29)

  • Retroperitoneal leiomyosarcoma (42)

Metastatic leiomyosarcoma
2 F D
  • Breast cancer (50)

  • Lung adenocarcinoma (bilateral) (51, 69)

  • Pelvic leiomyosarcoma (64)

Alive at last f/u
Exon 1-5 deletion Pathogenic 1 1 F P
  • Basal cell carcinoma (53)

Alive at last f/u
Exon 1-11 deletion Likely pathogenic 1 1 M P
  • No cancers diagnosed at last f/u (43)

Lost to f/u
Whole gene deletion Likely pathogenic 1 1 F D
  • Breast cancer (53)

Metastatic breast cancer (LFS diagnosed post-mortem)

Of note, the same kind of cancer can be diagnosed in two separate individuals carrying the same TP53 variant, and commas separate their ages. If there is only one person with a specific variant, each cancer diagnosis is listed separately, with the respective age at each diagnosis. For example, the person carrier of the c.1031T>C variant was diagnosed with four different cancers and had a leiomyosarcoma on each thigh diagnosed at 36 and 52 years old; the second leiomyosarcoma was considered to be a separate occurrence from the first leiomyosarcoma. Recurrences are not shown in this table, due to the short interval of follow-up, but the cause of death is shown in the last column.

CNS, central nervous system; D, diagnostic; ER, estrogen receptor; F, female; f/u, follow-up; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR, hormone receptor; LFS, Li Fraumeni syndrome; M, male; MPNST, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour; P, predictive; PEComa, perivascular epithelioid cell tumor; WB-MRI, whole-body magnetic resonance imaging.