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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2010 Dec;24(6):1229–1252. doi: 10.1016/j.hoc.2010.08.012

Table 5.

Extracolonic Tumor Risks in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis [45, 56, 171-174].

Malignancy Relative Risk Absolute Lifetime Risk (%)
Desmoid 852.0 15.0
Duodenum 330.8 3.0–5.0
Thyroid 7.6 2.0
Brain 7.0 2.0
Ampullary 123.7 1.7
Pancreas 4.5 1.7
Hepatoblastoma 847.0 1.6
Gastric 0.6a
a

The Leeds Castle Polyposis Group.

From Genetics of Colorectal Cancer (NCI). Downloaded Nov 30 2009 from http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/genetics/colorectal/HealthProfessional/Table4