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. 2006 Jul 20;91(12):995–999. doi: 10.1136/adc.2006.101295

Table 2 Molecular and phenotypic abnormalities with Wilms's tumour risks in excess of 5%.

Gene Phenotypes Tests available Who should have WT surveillance WT risk*
WT1 WAGR syndrome Karyotype All with WT1 deletion/pathogenic mutation High
Denys–Drash syndrome 11p13 FISH
Frasier syndrome† Mutation screen
Familial WT
Aniridia
Isolated WT
FWT1/FWT2/ other genes Familial WT All potential carriers High
BRCA2 Fanconi anaemia D1 Mutation screen All with biallelic BRCA2 mutations High
(biallelic) Some childhood cancer clusters
BUB1B, Mosaic variegated aneuploidy Karyotype All High
other genes Mutation screen (research)
Unknown Perlman syndrome All High
11p15 defects Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome Karyotype All with paternal uniparental disomy 11p15 Moderate
Some hemihypertrophy cases 11p15 uniparental disomy All with isolated H19 hypermethylation
H19 methylation (research) All with Beckwith–Wiedemann of unknown cause
KvDMR1 methylation Not those with isolated loss of methylation of KvDMR1‡
CDKN1C mutation screen (research) Not those with CDKN1C mutations‡Not those with HH of unknown cause‡
GPC3 Simpson–Golabi–Behmel syndrome Mutation screen All males with GPC3 mutation/deletion Moderate

FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridisation; WAGR, Wilms's tumour‐aniridia‐genitourinary‐mental retardation; WT, Wilms's tumour.

*Risk of developing WT: high>20%, moderate (5–20%).

†The risk of WT associated with WT1 intron 9 splice site mutations/Frasier syndrome is moderate.

‡These individuals are at low risk of WT (<5%).