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Table 1 Cumulative risk at 70 years for colo-rectal cancer (CRC), endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer in three retrospective studies of carriers [19,20,21] and prospective findings in carriers followed-up by colonoscopy reported by PLSD [15]

From: The Prospective Lynch Syndrome Database reports enable evidence-based personal precision health care

Cancer

Study

Gender

70 years cumulative incidence (95% confidence interval)

Path_MLH1

Path_MSH2

Path_MSH6

Path_PMS2

CRC

Bonadona et al. [19]

both genders

41% (25–70%)

48% (30–77%)

12% (8–22%)

 

Dowty et al. [20]

males

34% (25–50%)

47% (36–60%)

  

females

36% (25–51%)

37% (27–50%)

  

Ten Broeke et al. [21]

males

   

13% (8–22%)a

females

   

12% (7–21%)a

PLSD [15]

males

53% (45–62%)

46% (37–59%)

12% (5–35%)

3% (1–35%)

females

44% (37–52%)

42% (35–50%)

20% (12–41%)

Endometrial cancer

Bonadona et al. [19]

females

54% (20–80%)

21% (8–77%)

16% (8–32%)

 

Dowty et al. [20]

females

18% (9–34%)

30% (18–45%)

  

Ten Broeke et al. [21]

females

   

13% (7–24%)a

PLSD [15]

females

35% (29–43%)

47% (38–56%)

41% (29–58%)

13% (5–50%)

Ovarian cancer

Bonadona et al. [19]

females

20% (1–65%)

24% (3–52%)

1% (0–3%)

 

Dowty et al. [20]

females

13% (6–26%)

10% (4–21%)

  

Ten Broeke et al. [21]

females

   

Not increased

PLSD [15]

females

11% (7–17%)

17% (12–27%)

11% (4–33%)

3% (1–43%)

  1. aCumulative risk at 80 years