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Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb 3;110(2):223–263. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.435

Table 7.

Cumulative risks of extracolorectal cancer in hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes

Cancer site General population riska Syndrome risk Average age of diagnosis (years) References
Lynch syndrome
    Endometrium
    General population 2.7% 65 SEER (328)
        MLH1/MSH2 14–54% 48–54 (30,31,33,35,36,38)
        MSH6 16–71% 53–54 (31,36,49)
        PMS2 15% 49–50 (37)
    Stomach <1% 0.2–13% 49–55 (31,34,49,5355,61,63,64)
    Ovary 1.4% 3.4–22% 42–54 (31,3638,49,5355,63,64,67)
    Hepatobiliary tract <1% 0.02–4% 54–57b (31,55,63,67)
    Urinary tract <1% 0.2–25.5% 52–57 (31,37,49,5355,63,64,67)
    Small bowel <1% 0.4–12% 46–51 (31,34,5355,64)
    Brain/central nervous system <1% 1.2–3.7% 50–55 (53,55,63,64)
    Sebaceous neoplasm <1% 9%c 51–54 (329331)
    Pancreas 1.5% 0.4–3.7% 51.5–56.5b (33,53,271)
    Prostate 15.3% 9–30% 59–60 (54,76,332)
    Breast (female) 12.3% 1.5–18% 46–52 (53,54,75)
Familial adenomatous polyposis(FAP)
    Small bowel (duodenum/periampullary) <1% 3–10% 44
50–52b
(81,126,127,138,144,146,316,333)
    Stomach <1% <1% 49 (126,138,316)
    Pancreas 1.5% 1.7% 50b (126,138,334)
    Thyroid 1.1% 2% 25–33 (126,138,171,172,316,334,335)
    Liver (hepatoblastoma) <1% 1–2% Most often occurs in the first 5 years of life (126,138,173)
    Brain/central nervous system <1% 1–2% 15–21 (126,138,336338)
Attenuated FAP
    Small bowel (duodenum/periampullary) <1% 4–12% 60 (90,126)
    Thyroid 1.1% 1–2% 26 (90,126)
MUTYH-associated polyposis
    Small bowel (duodenum) <1% 4% 61b (126,174)
    Stomach <1% 1% 38b (126,174)
Juvenile polyposis
    Upper gastrointestinal (GI) cancer (stomach, pancreas, and small bowel) 21%c 54 (126,183,321)
Peutz–Jeghers syndrome
    Stomach <1% 29% 30–40 (196,197)
    Small bowel <1% 13% 37–42 (196,197)
    Pancreas 1.5% 11–36% 41–52 (194,196,197,339)
    Breast 12.4% 32–54% 37–59 (194,196,197)
    Ovarian (mostly SCTAT (sex cord tumor with annular tubules)) 1.6% 21% 28 (197)
    Uterus 2.7% 9% 43 (196,197)
    Cervix (adenoma malignum) <1% 10% 34–40 (197,340)
    Testicular (Sertoli cell tumor) <1% 9% 6–9 (196,197)
    Lung 6.9% 7–17% 47 (194,196,197)
Cowden syndrome
    Breast 12.4% 25–85% 38–46 (184,235,236,341343)
    Thyroid 1.1% 3–38% 31–38b (184,235,236,342345)
    Endometrium 2.7% 5–28% 25d (184,228,235,236)
    Kidney (renal cell) 1.6% 15–34% 40d (183,224,225,235,346,347)
    Melanoma 2 6% 3e (183,224,225,235,346,347)
a

SEER, 2013 (328).

b

Median age.

c

Incidence.

d

Onset of risk.

e

Youngest age of onset.