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. 2021 Apr 16;20(4):317–325. doi: 10.1007/s10689-021-00247-z

Table 2.

Tumor risk in GS patients: main series from the literature

Shanley [22]
Australia
Kimosis [9]
USA
Endo [10]
Japan
Evans [4]
UK
Number of patients 118 105 157 182
Variant identified

PTCH

126

SUFU

9

None

47

Median age at last follow-up 35 34.5 33.1 45 42 47
BCC* 90 (75%) 71 (80%) 56 (37.8%) 61 (48%) 4 (44%) 21 (45%)
KCOT 85/113 (75%) 78 (81%) 136 (86%) 79 (47%) 0 (0%) 16 (31%)
Medulloblastoma 1 (0.8%) 4 (4%) 4/120 (3%) 3 (2%) 3 (33%) 0
Meningioma 1 (0.8%) 2/42 (5%) 0 2 (22%) 2 (1.6%)
Ovarian fibroma 9/63 (14%) 9/52 (17%) 5/40 (12%) 4 (6%) 3 (43%) 4 (15%)
Cardiac fibroma 2/95 (2%) 2 (1%) 0 0

BCC Basal cell carcinomas. The definition varied according to authors: all BCC for Kimosis and Endo, > 10 BCC for Evans, multiple or before age 20 for Shanley

KCOT Keratocystic odontogenic tumors