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. 2020 Apr 28;15:107. doi: 10.1186/s13023-020-01376-x

Table 3.

Summary of participant diagnosis/phenotype and rare cancer types

Study Characteristic Number (n = 66) Percentage
Rare disease, cancer or phenotype
 Acute myeloid leukaemia 1 1.52%
 Adrenocortical carcinoma 5 7.58%
 Autoinflammatory disorder 1 1.52%
 Brain cancer 4 6.06%
 Cancer predisposition disorder 2 3.03%
 Cardiovascular disorder 1 1.52%
 Cholangiocarcinoma 1 1.52%
 Chromosomal disorder 1 1.52%
 Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma 1 1.52%
 Gastric cancer 2 3.03%
 Gynaecological cancer 4 6.06%
 Immune Disorder 3 4.55%
 Malignant pleural mesothelioma 1 1.52%
 Metabolic disorder 1 1.52%
 Mixed rare cancers (TCGA) 2 3.03%
 Multi-system developmental disorder 3 4.55%
 Muscular disorder 1 1.52%
 Neurological disorder 7 10.61%
 Neurometabolic disorder 2 3.03%
 Neuromuscular disorder 1 1.52%
 Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas 1 1.52%
 Phyllodes breast tumours 1 1.52%
 Primary testicular germ cell tumours 1 1.52%
 Primary urethral clear-cell adenocarcinoma 1 1.52%
 Prostate cancer 2 3.03%
 Pseudomyxoma peritonei 1 1.52%
 Rare renal cancer 2 3.03%
 Renal disorder 1 1.52%
 Salivary duct carcinoma 1 1.52%
 Sarcoma 5 7.58%
 Sezary tumour 1 1.52%
 Thymic epithelial cancer 2 3.03%
 Thyroid cancer 2 3.03%
 Uveal Melanoma 1 1.52%