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Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome

MSH2 · rs587779166

Strength of the evidence

3 / 4

ClinVar classifies it as disease-causing (or likely), reviewed at 2 of 4 stars.

How this is scored

4: ClinVar disease-causing, reviewed by an expert panel or a guideline (3–4 stars). 3: ClinVar, several labs agreeing (2 stars), or a genetic study at p ≤ 10−50. 2: ClinVar from one lab (1 star), or p ≤ 10−20. 1: ClinVar submitted without criteria (0 stars), or genome-wide significance (p ≤ 5×10−8). The higher of the two counts. It says how solid the evidence is, not whether it matters for a particular person.

What ClinVar records

Classification Pathogenic for Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome, Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms, Lynch syndrome 1, Mismatch repair cancer syndrome 2, Muir-Torré syndrome; criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts (2 of 4 stars, 5 submitters), last evaluated 2024-08-13. ClinVar record 182584 NM_000251.3(MSH2):c.592G>T (p.Glu198Ter)

Classification Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity for Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome, Lynch syndrome 1, Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal neoplasms; criteria provided, conflicting classifications (1 of 4 stars, 4 submitters), last evaluated 2025-05-23. ClinVar record 2567754 NM_000251.3(MSH2):c.592G>A (p.Glu198Lys)

Classification Uncertain significance for Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome; criteria provided, single submitter (1 of 4 stars, 1 submitter), last evaluated 2022-08-17. ClinVar record 1750560 NM_000251.3(MSH2):c.592G>C (p.Glu198Gln)

Change history MyGeneLog™ keeps a copy of every weekly release from 2026-10-19 and compares them. This position's classification has not changed since.

What this is ClinVar's aggregate record for this position (as of its 2026-11-01 release), not a result about you. A classification describes the variant against the condition named, as laboratories submitted it. Whether a person carries this variant, and what that would mean for them, is a question for a clinical test and a genetic counsellor.

What each result means

A/A Two copies of the version labs disagree about for Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome: in ClinVar, some labs call it disease-causing and others do not. A result like this should be confirmed by a medical genetic test and talked through with a doctor; consumer DNA files can misread rare variants. (ClinVar VCV002567754, criteria provided, conflicting classifications)
A/G One copy of the version labs disagree about for Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome: in ClinVar, some labs call it disease-causing and others do not, so what one copy means is not settled. A genetic counsellor can look at the separate records. (ClinVar VCV002567754, criteria provided, conflicting classifications)
G/G No copy of the version labs disagree about for Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome: in ClinVar, some labs call it disease-causing and others do not. This is the usual result. (ClinVar VCV002567754, criteria provided, conflicting classifications)

Source: ClinVar VCV002567754, criteria provided, conflicting classifications

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