Hereditary Cancer-Related Syndromes

Cancer.Net offers detailed information on the following hereditary conditions, which raise affected families' cancer risk for specific types of cancer. Learn more by selecting a syndrome name:

Ataxia-Telangiectasia
Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome
Carney Complex
Cowden Syndrome
Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
Familial Malignant Melanoma
Gardner Syndrome
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer
Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer
Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Cancer
Hereditary Mixed Polyposis Syndrome
Hereditary Non-von Hippel Lindau Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Hereditary Pancreatitis
Hereditary Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
Lynch Syndrome
Muir-Torre Syndrome
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2
MYH-Associated Polyposis
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Tuberous Sclerosis Syndrome
Turcot Syndrome
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
Werner Syndrome
Xeroderma Pigmentosa

Last Updated: October 04, 2011