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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2011 Apr 15;157(2):83–89. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.30300

Table II.

Types and ages of malignancies in NS, CS, CFCS and NSML literature case (References: Supplementary File)

Syndrome and Type of cancer
(excluding myeloproliferative disease)
No. of
cancers
Median age,
y (range)
Median age in
general
population, ya
Pediatric age
peak or range,
yb
Noonan Syndrome
   Neuroblastoma 8 0.8 (0.4–4) 1 0–0.5
   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 8 2.3 (0.8–17) 13 2–3
   Glioma 6 9.5(1.8–20) 43 0–19c
   Rhabdomyosarcoma 6 4(1.7–9) 49 <5d
   Acute myeloid leukemia 3 4, 9, 34 67 0–1
   Testicular cancer 3 4, 22, 26 34 -
   Non Hodgkin lymphoma 2 N/A 67 -
   Colon carcinoma 2 70,70 72 -
   Chronic lymphocytic leukemia 1 56 72 -
   Wilms tumor 1 N/A 3 3
   Hepatoblastoma 1 0.1 1 1
   Hodgkin disease 1 35 38 14
   Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia 1 35 76 -
   Bile duct tumor 1 N/A 71 -
   Malignant schwannoma 1 14 52 -
   Breast Cancer 1 45 61 -
Costello Syndrome
   Rhabdomyosarcoma 19 2.3 (0.5–6.0) 49 <5d
   Neuroblastoma 5 1.4(0–3.0) 1 0–0.5
   Bladder cancer 4 13.5(0.8–20) 73 -
   Fibrosarcoma 1 2.5 54.5 -
Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome
   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 4 5.0(1.8–41.0) 13 2–3
   Non Hodgkin lymphoma 2 35.1 (0.2–70) 67 -
   Hepatoblastoma 1 2.9 1 1
   Rhabdomy o sarcoma 1 1.7 49 <5d
Noonan Syndrome with Multiple Lentigines or LEOPARD Syndrome
   Acute myeloid leukemia 2 9.5(9–13) 67 0–1
   Acute lymphoblastic leukemia 1 8 13 2–3
   Neuroblastoma 1 N/A 1 0–0.5
   Melanoma 1 60 59 -
a

According to [SEER, 2000–2007]

c

This age refers to juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma

d

This age refers to embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma