TABLE 1

Hereditary breast cancer syndromes

SyndromeGeneBreast cancer riskOther cancer risksIncidence
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancerBRCA1
BRCA2
43%17–85%8Ovarian, male breast, prostate, pancreatic, melanoma (BRCA2)1:400-8007,18
CowdenPTEN77%-85%11,12,19Uterine, renal cell, colorectal, thyroid, melanoma1:200,00013
Li-FraumeniTP53Undefined, but > 20%Sarcoma, brain, adrenocortical carcinoma, others. Up to 100% all-site lifetime cancer risk1:20,00027
Peutz-JeghersSTK1145%-54%14,15GI tract, pancreas, lung, gonadal, adenoma malignum of the cervix1 in 50,000-200,00016
Hereditary diffuse gastric cancerCDH139%-52%a,9,10Gastric (diffuse)Unknown; 1%-3% of gastric cancers20
  • a Lobular breast cancer