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. 2021 Oct 7;19:41. doi: 10.1186/s13053-021-00197-8

Table 1 .

Estimated cancer risk

Syndrome Site of cancer Cumulative lifetime risk or frequency among carriers Age of debut
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome [2] Colon/rectum 39% 42-46y
Stomach 29% 30-40y
Small bowel 13% 37-42y
Breast 32–54% 37-59y
Ovarian 21% 28y
Cervix (adenoma malignum) 10% 34-40y
Uterus 9% 43y
Pancreas 11–38% 41–52y
Testicular (sertoli cell tumour) 9% 6-9y
Lung 7–17% 47y
Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome Colon/rectum 38% [3] 36.0 (48) (median)
Gastric 21% [2] 44.0 (48)
POLE-associated polyposis [4] Colon/rectum 28% (M), 21%(F) For p.Leu424VAL: 97% (M), 92% (F) 50.2 (49) (mean)
Uterus ?
Ovaries ?
Pancreas ?
Malignant melanoma ?
POLD1-associated polyposis [4] Colon/rectum 90% (M), 82% (F) 39.7 (49) (median)
Uterus ? ?
Breast cancer ? ?
Ovarian ? ?
Lymphoma ? ?
Bladder ? ?
AXIN2-associated polyposis Colon/rectum 13/35 individuals 36–80+
MUTYH- associated polyposis [5] Colon/rectum 80–90% 48.0 (median)
Duodenum 4% 61.0
Ovaries 6–14% 51.0
Bladder 6–8% (females), 6–25% males) 61.0
Melanoma ? ?
Breast ? ?
Uterus 3% 51.0
NTHL1-associated polyposis [6] Colon/rectum 16/29 individuals 61.0 median, (33-73y)
Breast 9/15 female individuals 48.5 (38-63y)
Uterus 5/15 Uterus (precancerous and cancerous) 57.0 (6–74 y).
Duodenum ?
CMMRD [7] Colon/rectum 59/146 individuals 8-48y
Duodenum 18/149 individuals 11-42y
Hematologic malignancies ? ¿
brain tumors ¿
GREM1-associated mixed polyposis CRC ? ?
Serrated Polyposis Syndrome [8] CRC 15–35%. 53.9 (median)