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Table 1 Cancer incidences in first-degree relatives of BRCA1/BRCA2 noncarriers

From: Cancer incidence in relatives of a population-based set of cases of early-onset breast cancer with a known BRCA1 and BRCA2mutation status

ICD-7

Site

Observed (n)

Expected (n)

Standardized incidence ratio

95% confidence interval

140–209

All malignant tumours

120

82.3

1.5

1.2–1.7

Non-170

All malignant tumours except breast

91

69.9

1.3

1.1–1.6

140

Lip

1

0.50

2.0

0.05–11.1

141 + 143–144

Cavum oris

0

0.56

0

0–6.6

142

Salivary glands

1

0.31

3.2

0.08–17.8

145–148

Throat

0

0.40

0

0–9.1

150

Oesophagus

0

0.53

0

0–6.9

151

Stomach

2

2.8

0.71

0.09–2.6

153

Large bowel

5

5.6

0.89

0.29–2.1

154

Rectum

6

3.8

1.6

0.58–3.5

1550

Liver

1

0.61

1.6

0.04–9.1

1551–1559

Gall tract

1

1.2

0.85

0.02–4.8

157

Pancreas

0

2.3

0

0–1.6

160

Nose and sinuses

0

0.18

0

0–20.4

161

Larynx

0

0.50

0

0–7.3

1620–1621

Trachea and lung

8

6.6

1.2

0.53–2.4

1622

Pleura

0

0.21

0

0–17.8

170

Breast

29

12.4

2.3

1.6–3.4

171

Cervix uteri

5

1.5

3.3

1.1–7.6

172 + 174

Uterine corpus

2

3.0

0.68

0.80–2.4

175

Ovaries

3

2.5

1.2

0.24–3.5

176

Vulva, vagina

0

0.32

0.0

0–11.7

177

Prostate

17

9.9

1.7

1.0–2.8

178

Testes

0

0.61

0

0–6.0

180

Kidneys

3

3.2

0.93

0.19–2.7

181

Bladder and urinary tract

3

3.9

0.76

0.16–2.2

190

Melanoma

5

3.2

1.5

0.4–93.5

191

Skin, nonmelanoma

6

2.1

2.8

1.0–6.1

193

Central nervous system

6

3.7

1.6

0.60–3.6

194

Thyroid

0

1.53

0

0–2.4

196–197

Bone, connective tissue

0

0.79

0

0–4.7

200 + 202

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

4

3.0

1.4

0.37–3.4

201

Hodgkin's disease

2

0.59

3.4

0.41–12.2

203

Myeloma

0

1.2

0

0–2.9

 

Acute leukaemia

3

0.76

4.0

0.82–11.6

2041

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

1

0.84

1.2

0.03–6.6

2051

Chronic myelogenous leukaemia

0

0.25

0

0–14.9

208

Polycytaemia vera

0

0.34

0

0–10.8

  1. Age 0–79 years; n = 646; 25,244.0 person-years; 1958–2000.