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. 2021 Dec 23;181(4):1585–1596. doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-04347-x

Table 2.

Cancer predisposition syndromes (CPS) identified in 272 patients. Indicated are the number of patients per CPS. In 3 patients, multiple CPS were diagnosed. Consensus recommendations are referenced in the column on the right. Recommendations depending on the underlying gene/pathogenic variant are marked by a sharp

Syndrome No. of patients Surveillance recommendations Surveillance
status
Reference
Recommended Not recommended Not stated/unclear Oncological treatment or follow-up Specialized CPS surveillance CPS-specific
surveillance
Regular consultations but no CPS-specific surveillance No surveillance or status unknown
Trisomy 21 120 120 11 0 0 64 45 21
Neurofibromatosis type 1 48 48 19 4 7 5 13 28
Retinoblastoma predisposition 10 10 4 0 0 1 5 19
Tuberous sclerosis complex 9 9 2 0 4 0 3 -
Diamond-Blackfan anemia 8 8 0 7 0 0 1 21
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A 8 8 0 3 4 0 1 27
Noonan syndrome # 7 1 1 5 1 0 0 4 2 25
Overgrowth syndrome # 7 7 0 4 0 1 2 18
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome 5 5 0 4 0 0 1 18
Fanconi anemia 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 21
Oculocutaneous albinism 4 4 0 0 1 1 2
Trisomy 18 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 18
Multiple cartilaginous exostoses 3 3 0 1 0 0 2
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome 3 3 0 0 2 0 1 16
Ataxia teleangiectasia 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 21
CLOVES syndrome 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 18
Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 20
Lynch syndrome 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 24
Neurofibromatosis type 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 28
Rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome # 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 17
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 25
Sotos syndrome 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 25
Von-Hippel-Lindau syndrome 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 22
ATRX syndrome 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Carney complex 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Denys-Drash syndrome 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18
DICER1 syndrome 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 23
Dyskeratosis congenita 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21
Glykogenosis type VI 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16
Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 25
Congenital amegacaryocytic thrombocytopenia 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
LEOPARD syndrome 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 25
Bruton syndrome 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
Microdeletion syndrome 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Polyposis coli 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 16
SAMD9L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 21
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 21
Trisomy 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
WAGR syndrome 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 18
13q deletion syndrome 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
17q deletion syndrome 1 1 0 0 0 0 1