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Variant (rsID / SNP)

rs17879961

CHEK2

rs17879961 is a genetic variant (SNP, identifier in the dbSNP catalogue) that the reference table assigns to CHEK2. Location: chromosome 22, position 29,121,087. Clinical significance in the table: Conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity; risk factor.

Reference-table entries

CHEK2Conflicting interpretations
Clinical significance (as recorded)
Conflicting interpretations of pathogenicity; risk factor
Variant type
single nucleotide variant
Chromosome / position
22:29121087
Cytoband
22q12.1
HGVS
NM_007194.4(CHEK2):c.470T>C (p.Ile157Thr)
Allele change
Missense_I157T

Associated conditions / phenotypes

Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2|Colorectal cancer, susceptibility to|Prostate cancer, susceptibility to|Cancer of multiple types, susceptibility to|Hereditary cancer-predisposing syndrome|Familial cancer of breast|Breast and colorectal cancer, susceptibility to|Adrenal cortex carcinoma|Gastrointestinal carcinoma|Colon cancer, susceptibility to|Breast cancer, susceptibility to|Malignant tumor of breast|CHEK2-Related Cancer Susceptibility|Breast and/or ovarian cancer|Malignant tumor of prostate|Li-Fraumeni syndrome 2|Familial cancer of breast|Bone osteosarcoma|Predisposition to cancer

Public references

Classifications are reproduced unchanged from the reference table. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.