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Table 3 Cancer incidence in first-degree relatives ofBRCA1/BRCA2 carriers

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

20

7.3

2.7

1.7–4.2

Non-170

All malignant tumours except breast

12

6.2

1.9

1.0–1.6

151

Stomach

0

0.21

0

0–17.3

153

Large bowel

0

0.44

0

0–8.3

157

Pancreas

1

0.17

5.8

0.15–32.2

170

Breast

8

1.1

7.2

3.1–14.3

171

Cervix uteri

0

0.17

0

0–21.5

175

Ovaries

3

0.20

14.9

3.1–43.7

176

Vulva, vagina

1

0.02

45.6

1.1–254

177

Prostate

2

0.82

2.4

0.30–8.8

190

Melanoma

1

0.36

2.8

0.70–15.6

191

Skin, nonmelanoma

0

0.19

0

0–19.8

193

Central nervous system

1

0.40

2.5

0.06–13.9

194

Thyroid

1

0.17

5.9

0.15–33.0

  1. Age 0–79 years; n = 82; 3106.4 person-years; 1958–2000.