Table 1.

Genes recommended as yielding clinically actionable results by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and the World Health Organization

Disorder/syndromeGenes
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer BRCA1, BRCA2 
Li-Fraumeni syndrome TP53 
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome STK11 
Lynch syndrome MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2 
FAP APC 
MYH-associated polyposis; adenomas, multiple colorectal, FAP type 2; colorectal adenomatous polyposis, autosomal recessive, with pilomatricomas MUTYH 
Juvenile polyposis BMPR1A, SMAD4 
von Hippel–Lindau syndrome VHL 
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 MEN1 
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 RET 
Familial medullary thyroid cancer RET 
PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome PTEN 
Retinoblastoma RB1 
Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome SDHAF2, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD 
Tuberous sclerosis complex TSC1, TSC2 
WT1-related Wilms tumor WT1 
Neurofibromatosis type 2 NF2 
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type COL3A1 
Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections ACTA2, FBN1, MYH11, SMAD3, TGFBR1, TGFBR2 
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy ACTC1, GLA, LMNA, MYBPC3, MYH7, MYL3, PRKAG2, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1, MYL2 
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia RYR2 
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy DSC2, DSG2, DSP, PKP2, TMEM43 
Romano-Ward long-QT syndrome types 1, 2, and 3; Brugada syndrome KCNH2, KCNQ1, SCN5A 
Familial hypercholesterolemia APOB, LDLR, PCSK9 
Wilson disease ATP7B 
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency OTC 
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility CACNA1S, RYR1 
Familial MDS/AML ANKRD26, CEBPA, DDX41, ETV6, GATA2, MBD4, MECOM/EVI1 PTPN11, RUNX1, SAMD9, SAMD9L, SRP72, TET2 
Inherited BM failure syndromes with germline predisposition to myeloid neoplasms DKC1, DNAJC21, ELANE, EFL1, ERCC6L2, FANC genes, GFI1, HAX1, NAF1, NPM1, RAD51C, RECQl4, RTEL1, SBDS, SRP72, TERT, TERC 
Inherited plasma cell disorders ARID1A, DIS3, KDM1A, USP45 
Inherited syndromes associated with myeloid neoplasms ATG2B/GSKIP, BLM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CBL, KRAS, NF1, PTPN11, TP53 
Disorder/syndromeGenes
Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer BRCA1, BRCA2 
Li-Fraumeni syndrome TP53 
Peutz-Jeghers syndrome STK11 
Lynch syndrome MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2 
FAP APC 
MYH-associated polyposis; adenomas, multiple colorectal, FAP type 2; colorectal adenomatous polyposis, autosomal recessive, with pilomatricomas MUTYH 
Juvenile polyposis BMPR1A, SMAD4 
von Hippel–Lindau syndrome VHL 
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 MEN1 
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 RET 
Familial medullary thyroid cancer RET 
PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome PTEN 
Retinoblastoma RB1 
Hereditary paraganglioma-pheochromocytoma syndrome SDHAF2, SDHB, SDHC, SDHD 
Tuberous sclerosis complex TSC1, TSC2 
WT1-related Wilms tumor WT1 
Neurofibromatosis type 2 NF2 
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, vascular type COL3A1 
Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, and familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections ACTA2, FBN1, MYH11, SMAD3, TGFBR1, TGFBR2 
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy ACTC1, GLA, LMNA, MYBPC3, MYH7, MYL3, PRKAG2, TNNI3, TNNT2, TPM1, MYL2 
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia RYR2 
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy DSC2, DSG2, DSP, PKP2, TMEM43 
Romano-Ward long-QT syndrome types 1, 2, and 3; Brugada syndrome KCNH2, KCNQ1, SCN5A 
Familial hypercholesterolemia APOB, LDLR, PCSK9 
Wilson disease ATP7B 
Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency OTC 
Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility CACNA1S, RYR1 
Familial MDS/AML ANKRD26, CEBPA, DDX41, ETV6, GATA2, MBD4, MECOM/EVI1 PTPN11, RUNX1, SAMD9, SAMD9L, SRP72, TET2 
Inherited BM failure syndromes with germline predisposition to myeloid neoplasms DKC1, DNAJC21, ELANE, EFL1, ERCC6L2, FANC genes, GFI1, HAX1, NAF1, NPM1, RAD51C, RECQl4, RTEL1, SBDS, SRP72, TERT, TERC 
Inherited plasma cell disorders ARID1A, DIS3, KDM1A, USP45 
Inherited syndromes associated with myeloid neoplasms ATG2B/GSKIP, BLM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CBL, KRAS, NF1, PTPN11, TP53 

AML, acute myeloid leukemia; FAP, familial adenomatous polyposis.

Recommendations were collected from Trottier et al, Arber et al,34  Kalia et al,35  and Greenberg et al.36 

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