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. 2016 Mar 14;34(13):1460–1468. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.0747

Table 1.

Cancer Susceptibility Genes Other Than BRCA1/2

Cancer Susceptibility Gene Breast Cancer RR (90% CI when available) or Inclusion Criteria
Breast
 ATM 2.8 (2.2 to 3.7)35
 BARD1 Breast cancer association reported; RR not yet determined17,46,47
 BRIP1 2.0 (1.3 to 3.0)48; ovarian cancer RR 11.29
 CDH1 6.6 (2.2 to 19.9)49
 CHEK2 3.0 (2.6 to 3.5)35; most data for 1100delC
 NBN 2.7 (1.9 to 3.7)35
 PALB2 5.3 (3.0 to 9.4)35
 PTEN RR 2.0-5.050,51
 STK11 RR 2.0-4.052,53
 TP53 105 (62 to 165)35
Other
 APC Familial adenomatous polyposis
 BMPR1A Juvenile polyposis syndrome
 CDK4 Melanoma syndrome
 CDKN2A Melanoma and pancreas cancer syndrome
 EPCAM Lynch syndrome
 MLH1 Lynch syndrome
 MSH2 Lynch syndrome
 MSH6 Lynch syndrome
 MUTYH* MUTYH-associated polyposis
 PMS2 Lynch syndrome
 RAD51C Ovarian cancer RR 5.2-6.311-13
 RAD51D Ovarian cancer RR 6.3-1212,15
 SMAD4 Juvenile polyposis syndrome

Abbreviations: APC, adenomatous polyposis coli; ATM, ataxia telangiectasia mutated; BARD1, BRCA1-associated RING domain 1; BMPR1A, bone morphogenetic protein receptor, type 1A; BRCA1/2, early-onset breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2; BRIP1, BRCA1 interacting protein C-terminal helicase 1; CDH1, E-cadherin; CDK4, cyclin-dependent kinase 4; CDKN2A, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A; CHEK2, checkpoint kinase 2; EPCAM, epithelial cell adhesion molecule; MLH1, mutL homolog 1; MSH2, mutS homolog 2; MSH6, mutS homolog 6; MUTYH, biallelic mutY homolog; NBN, nibrin; PALB2, partner and localizer of BRCA2; PMS2, PMS2 postmeiotic segregation increased 2; PTEN, phosphatase and tensin homolog; RAD51C, RAD51 paralog C; RAD51D, RAD51 paralog D; RR, relative risk; SMAD4, SMAD family member 4; STK11, serine/threonine kinase 11; TP53, tumor protein 53.

*

Only tumors with biallelic MUTYH mutations were considered for this analysis.