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. 2021 Apr 28;22(9):4629. doi: 10.3390/ijms22094629

Table 1.

Scoring system to determine germline testing in eligibility for CMMRD.

Indication for CMMRD Testing in a Cancer Patient ≥3 Points
Malignancies/premalignancies: one is mandatory; if more than one is present in the patient, add the points
Carcinoma from the LS spectrum * at age <25 years 3 points
Multiple bowel adenomas at age <25 years and absence of APC/MUTYH mutation(s) or a single high-grade dysplasia adenoma at age <25 years 3 points
WHO grade III or IV glioma at age <25 years 2 points
NHL of T-cell lineage or sPNET at age <18 years 2 points
Any malignancy at age <18 years 1 point
Additional features: optional; if more than one of the following is present, add the points
Clinical sign of NF1 and/or ≥2 hyperpigmented and/or hypopigmented skin alterations Ø > 1 cm in the patient 2 points
Diagnosis of LS in a first-degree or second-degree relative 2 points
Carcinoma from LS spectrum * before the age of 60 in first-degree, second-degree, and third-degree relative 1 point
A sibling with carcinoma from the LS spectrum *, high-grade glioma, sPNET or NHL 2 points
A sibling with any type of childhood malignancy 1 point
Multiple pilomatricomas in the patient 2 points
One pilomatricoma in the patient 1 point
Agenesis of the corpus callosum or non-therapy-induced cavernoma in the patient 1 point
Consanguineous parents 1 point
Deficiency/reduced levels of IgG2/4 and/or IgA 1 point

* Colorectal, endometrial, small bowel, ureter, renal pelvis, biliary tract, stomach, bladder carcinoma. Abbreviations: CMMRD, constitutional mismatch repair deficiency; LS, Lynch syndrome; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas; sPNET, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors.