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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
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