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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2013:81–90. doi: 10.1200/EdBook_AM.2013.33.81

TABLE 1.

Clinical Criteria for Classic LFS, LFS-like Criteria, and Chompret Criteria

Classic LFS Criteria:21
• Proband diagnosed with a sarcoma before age 45
• A first-degreea relative with cancer diagnosed before age 45
• A first- or second-degreeb relative on the same side of the family with cancer diagnosed before age 45 or a sarcoma at any age
LFS-like Criteria Birch:84
• Proband with any childhood cancer or sarcoma, brain tumor, or adrenocortical carcinoma diagnosed before age 45
• First- or second-degree relative with a typical LFS cancer (sarcoma, breast cancer, brain tumor, leukemia, or adrenocortical carcinoma) diagnosed at any age and
• A first- or second-degree relative on the same side of the family with any cancer diagnosed under age 60
Eeles definition of LFL:84
• Two first- or second-degree relatives with LFS related malignancies at any age
Chompret criteria for LFS:29
• Proband diagnosed with a narrow-spectrum cancer (sarcoma, brain tumor, breast cancer, or adrenocortical carcinoma) before age 36 and at least one first- or second-degree
• A proband with multiple primary tumors, two of which belong to the narrow spectrum and the first of which occurred before age 36, regardless of family history
• A proband with adrenocortical carcinoma, regardless of age at diagnosis or family history

Abbreviations: LFS, Li-Fraumeni syndrome: LFL, Li-Fraumeni-like.

a

First-degree relative is defined as a parent, sibling, or child.

b

Second-degree relative is defined as a grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or grandchild.

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