Major Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

Syndrome Clinical Manifestations Gene
Hereditary Breast-Ovarian Cancer Syndrome Breast cancer
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Prostate cancer
BRCA1
BRCA2
Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colon Cancer (HNPCC) Also Known as Lynch Syndrome Colon cancer
Endometrial cancer
Stomach cancer
Ovarian cancer
Prostate cancer
Other forms of cancer
MLH1
MLH2
MSH6
PMS2
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP)/Attenuated FAP Numerous adenomatous colonic polyps
Colon cancer
Desmoid tumors
APC
Hereditary Melanoma Melanoma
Pancreatic cancer
CDKN2A
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) 2a and 2b; Familial Medullary Thyroid Cancer Medullary thyroid cancer
Parathyroid hyperplasia
Pheochromocytoma
RET