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Health Professional Version   Last Modified: 12/19/2008
Table 4. Extracolonic Tumor Risks in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

Malignancy   Relative Risk   Absolute Lifetime Risk (%)  
Desmoid 852.0 15.0
Duodenum 330.8 3.0–5.0
Thyroid 7.6 2.0
Brain 7.0 2.0
Ampullary 123.7 1.7
Pancreas 4.5 1.7
Hepatoblastoma 847.0 1.6
Gastric 0.6a

Adapted from Giardiello et al.,[10] Jagelman et al.,[11] Sturt et al.,[12] Lynch et al.,[13] Bülow et al.,[14] and Galiatsatos et al.[15]
aThe Leeds Castle Polyposis Group.

References

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  2. Jagelman DG, DeCosse JJ, Bussey HJ: Upper gastrointestinal cancer in familial adenomatous polyposis. Lancet 1 (8595): 1149-51, 1988.  [PUBMED Abstract]

  3. Sturt NJ, Gallagher MC, Bassett P, et al.: Evidence for genetic predisposition to desmoid tumours in familial adenomatous polyposis independent of the germline APC mutation. Gut 53 (12): 1832-6, 2004.  [PUBMED Abstract]

  4. Lynch HT, Fitzgibbons R Jr: Surgery, desmoid tumors, and familial adenomatous polyposis: case report and literature review. Am J Gastroenterol 91 (12): 2598-601, 1996.  [PUBMED Abstract]

  5. Bülow S, Björk J, Christensen IJ, et al.: Duodenal adenomatosis in familial adenomatous polyposis. Gut 53 (3): 381-6, 2004.  [PUBMED Abstract]

  6. Galiatsatos P, Foulkes WD: Familial adenomatous polyposis. Am J Gastroenterol 101 (2): 385-98, 2006.  [PUBMED Abstract]


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