Familial Cancer Program

Types

Familial cancer syndromes are rare, so it is important for patients to seek treatment from physicians familiar with their cancer. Mayo Clinic's highly trained specialists are experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of all familial cancer syndromes, including:

• Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
• Cowden syndrome
• Familial adenomatous polyposis
• Familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome
• Familial medullary thyroid cancer
• Familial pancreatic cancer
• Juvenile polyposis syndrome
• Li-Fraumeni syndrome
• Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer)
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and type 2
• MYH-associated polyposis
• Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
• Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome