Table 1

 Tumours in autosomal dominant conditions

ConditionInheritanceMain tumoursMalignancies occurring post radiotherapyGene and chromosomal location
AD, autosomal dominant; BCC, basal cell carcinomas; MPNST, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours; VHL, von Hippel-Lindau disease.
NF1ADNeurofibroma, glioma, and MPNSTMPNST, gliomaNF1 -17q
NF2ADSchwannoma, meningioma, ependymomaMPNSTNF2 -22q
GorlinADBCC, medulloblastomaBCCPTCH -9q
VHLADRenal cell carcinoma, retinal and cerebellar?VHL -3p
haemangioblastoma
Li-FraumeniADSarcoma, breast cancer, glioma, lung cancer,SarcomaTP53 -17p
syndromeadreno-cortical tumours