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Hereditary Cancer Syndromes Flashcards

1
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What genes are associated with HBOC?

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BRCA1/2

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What is the absolute risk for breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and pancreatic cancer with a BRCA1 mutation?

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Breast: > 60%
Ovarian: 39%-58%
Pancreatic: <= 5%

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What is the absolute risk for breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer with a BRCA2 mutation?

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Breast: > 60%
Ovarian: 13%-29%
Pancreatic: 5%-10%

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What treatment/medication is used for individuals with BRCA1/2 mutations?

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PARP inhibitors

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What cancer types are associated with mutations in ATM?

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Breast, pancreatic, ovarian, prostate, GI (homozygous = Ataxia Telangiectasia)

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What cancer is associated with mutations in BARD1?

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Female breast cancer

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What cancers are associated with BRIP1 mutations?

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Female breast cancer, ovarian cancer (AR = Fanconi Anemia)

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CDH1

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Breast & gastric cancer (Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome)

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CHEK2

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Breast, colon, prostate, kidney, thyroid - type of variant can impact risk

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PALB2

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female & male breast, pancreatic, ovarian, prostate

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MSH6 & PMS2

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Lynch Syndrome (2 of 5) - female breast, colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, gastric, pancreatic, bladder

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NF1

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Neurofibromatosis Type 1 - female breast, brain tumors, leukemia, GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumors), paragangliomas

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PTEN

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Cowden syndrome - breast, thyroid, kidney, uterine/endometrial, colorectal, melanoma

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RAD51C & RAD51D

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female breast, ovarian (AR = Fanconi Anemia)

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STK11

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Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome - breast, CRC, pancreatic, stomach, ovarian, lung, small intestine

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TP53

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Li-Fraumeni Syndrome - breast, CRC, pancreatic, endometrial, gastric, melanoma, ovarian
** think BONE, BRAIN, BLOOD, BREAST**
rhabdomyosarcoma, osteosarcomas, other soft tissue sarcomas, and all the weird rare cancers too

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17
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When receiving a positive germline TP53 result (and when mosaic), what next step should you take?

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Confirm TP53 positive on a different tissue type (fibroblast)

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Tumor Suppressor or Oncogene - TP53

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Tumor suppressor “guardian of the genome”

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What genes make up Lynch Syndrome?

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MLH1, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM, MSH2

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Which Lynch Syndrome genes are Mismatch Repair Proteins?

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MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2

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Which Lynch Syndrome gene is NOT a MMR protein, and what is it?

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EPCAM - epithelial cell adhesions molecule protein

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What proportions of Lynch Syndrome are associated with each LS gene?

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MLH1: 15-40%
MSH2: 20-40%
EPCAM: <10%
MSH6: 12-35%
PMS2: 2-25%

23
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Which Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes are adenomatous?

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Familial adenomatous polyposis syndrome (FAP), MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), and serrated polyposis syndrome

24
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Which Hereditary Polyposis Syndromes are hamartomatous?

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Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome & Familial Juvenile Polyposis

25
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Which gene is associated with classic FAP?

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APC (tumor suppressor)

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Which gene is associated with attenuated FAP?

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APC (tumor suppressor)

27
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Which gene is associated with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome?

28
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What gene is associated with Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome?

29
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What cancer risks are associated with VHL?

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Hemangioblastomas, RCC, blood vessel rich tumors of brain, spinal cord, and retina

30
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What does WAGR stand for?

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Wilms tumor
Aniridia (absence of iris)
Genitourinary malformation
R (mental retardation) .. that feels icky

31
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Fraisier syndrome

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neuropathy due to glomerulosclerosis (WT1)

32
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Denys-Drash syndrome

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nephrotic syndrome from mesangial sclerosis

33
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Beckwith-Wiedman syndrome

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10% risk for Wilms tumor

34
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What genes are associated with melanoma?

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CDKN2A, CDK4, BAP1, MITF

35
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CDKN2A

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tumor suppressor - melanoma, pancreatic, neural tumors

36
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BAP1

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tumor suppressor - dermal lesions, melanoma, eye (uveal) melanoma, renal, mesothelioma

37
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MITF

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transcription factor - melanoma, renal

38
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Nevoid BCC

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Gorlin Syndrome - PTCH1, SUFU
BCC, medulloblastoma, congential malformation, facies, jaw keratocytes

39
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Xeroderma Pigmentosum

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Many genes (XPA) - UV sensitivity, skin cancers at young ages

40
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What gene causes Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1?

41
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What 3 things do we associated with MEN1? What else can we find?

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3 P’s: Pituitary, Parathyroid, and Pancreas

Skin findings, hyperparathyroidism (very common), pituitary, gastro-entero-pancreatic tract tumors, carcinoid and adrenocortical tumors

42
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MEN4

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Very rare, has MEN1 phenotype but CDKN1B gene

43
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What gene is associated with retinoblastoma?

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RB1 (AD, but 80% de novo rate)

44
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What characteristics make us suspicious for hereditary RB?

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Multifocal/bilateral lesions, mean age dx: 10m

45
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ATM gene is what kind of gene?

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DNA repair gene

46
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Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC) Genes

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TSC1 & TSC2

47
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What finding do we see in TSC?

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Skin finding, CNS tumors, seizures, renal disease, lung disease, cardiac tumors, retinal hamartomas

48
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What are the differences between germline and somatic testing/mutations?

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Germline:
mutation in egg and sperm
inherited & passed down
in every cell
testing leukocytes

Somatic:
mutation after conception
not inherited or passed down
not in every cell
testing on tumor sample

49
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What is sensitivity?

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Ability of test to correctly identify patients with disease

50
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What is specificity?

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Ability of test to correctly identify patients without disease

51
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What is positive predictive value (PPV)?

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Likelihood that a positive test will correctly detect the presence of disease

52
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What is negative predictive value (NPV)?

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Likelihood that a negative test result with correctly detect the absence of disease

53
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MLH1 associated cancers

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Colon, breast, endometrial, ovarian, renal, bladder, gastric, small bowel, pancreas, liver, prostate, brain, skin

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