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Table 2 Malignancy Screening Recommendations by Gene

From: Clinical challenges in interpreting multiple pathogenic mutations in single patients

 

Associated Neoplasms

Agea

Recommendation

BAP1

Uveal melanoma

11

Annual dilated eye exams by an ocular specialist

Mesothelioma

Annual physical +/− Chest MRI

Cutaneous melanoma, BCC, AST

20

Annual or biannual full body skin exam

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Annual physical

Annual abdominal ultrasound

Annual urinalysis

Abdominal MRI every 2 years

MSH6

Colon cancer

25

Colonoscopy every 1–2 years

Endometrial cancer

 

Prophylactic hysterectomy

Ovarian cancer

30

Prophylactic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

Prior to prophylactic removal, consider:

Annual transvaginal ultrasound

Annual CA-125

Urothelial cancer

30

Consider annual urinalysis

Gastrointestinal tract

30

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy every 3–5 years

Pancreatic cancer

Consider endoscopic ultrasound

CNS malignancy

 

Annual physical exam with neurologic examination

RECQL4 (biallelic)

(RTS, BGS, RAPADILINO Syndrome)

Osteosarcoma

 

Annual physical

Prompt skeletal radiographic evaluation when suspected clinically

Lymphoma

 

Annual physical

Baseline complete blood count with differential

Keratinocyte carcinomas (RTS and BGS only)

 

Annual full body skin exam

  1. aAge: Start screening at this age or 5 years prior to earliest age of diagnosis in family if younger than those listed here
  2. RTS Rothmund-Thompson Syndrome
  3. BGS Baller-Gerold Syndrome