Is Neuroendocrine Cancer genetic? Most neuroendocrine cancers occur ‘sporadically’, this means that there is no known genetic (inherited) link to how or why they have developed. However, there are a number of rare inherited genetic conditions that may increase someone’s risk of developing a neuroendocrine cancer, these include: • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia MEN types 1-4 • Familial medullary thyroid cancer (FMTC) • Familial phaeochromocytoma +/- paraganglioma (Adrenal gland related tumours) • Parathyroid hyperplasia
• Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) • Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) disorders
• Von-Hippel Lindau • Neurofibromatosis 1
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