Who is at risk of getting adrenocortical carcinoma?

Who is at risk of getting adrenocortical carcinoma?

People with certain inherited genetic conditions have a higher risk of developing adrenal cancer. In about 50% of adrenocortical carcinoma cases, the disease runs in families. Genetic conditions that increase ACC risk include:

• Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
• Carney complex.
• Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).
• Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
• Lynch syndrome.
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN1).
• Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1).
• Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome.