Lynch syndrome patients face an increased risk for several cancers compared to an average-risk person without a hereditary cancer syndrome. If any of the Lynch-associated cancers run in your family, it’s important to let your geneticist know.
- Upper urinary tract or renal pelvis cancer (up to 28%)
- Skin cancer (up to 9%)
- Pancreatic cancer (up to 6%)
- Small intestine cancer (up to 11%)
- Bladder (up to 13%)
- Hepatobiliary tract cancer (up to 4%)
- Brain/central nervous system cancer (up to 3%)
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