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. 1999 Nov 22;65(6):1725–1732. doi: 10.1086/302671

Table 1.

Cancer Incidence in First- and Second-Degree Male and Female Relatives of Index Cases with Ovarian Cancer at Age <30 Years[Note]

No. of Expected Cases/No. of Observed Cases
Invasive Tumor
Borderline Tumor
Cancer Type in Index Case First-DegreeRelatives Second-DegreeRelatives First-DegreeRelatives Second-DegreeRelatives
Breast 5/3.5 12/11 2/2.2 11/8.6
Ovary 3*/.6 3/2.3 1/.4 4***/1.7
Pharynx 0/.4 1/.6 0/.2 1/1
Esophagus 1/.4 0/1.7 0/.2 0/1
Stomach 1/.8 8/5 1/.4 4/3
Colon 2/1.2 10***/6 0/.6 4/3.7
Rectum 1/.8 0/4 1/.4 0/2.5
Liver 0/.1 2***/.4 0/.05 0/.3
Pancreas 2***/.4 1/2.3 1/.2 0/1.4
Larynx 0/.2 2/.9 0/.1 3*/.6
Lung 1/2.9 26*/16 1/1.4 5/8.9
Bone 0/.09 0/.2 0/.06 0/.1
Connective tissue 0/.15 0/.4 0/.09 0/.3
Melanoma 0/.5 1/1.1 0/.3 0/.8
Cervix 2/.8 3/2.1 1/.5 0/1.7
Uterus 0/.4 1/2 0/.3 4***/1.4
Prostate 2/.6 4/4 3**/.3 0/2
Testis 0/.3 0/.4 0/.2 1/.3
Bladder 1/.9 0/4 0/.4 1/2.4
Kidney 0/.4 1/1.5 0/.2 0/1
Brain 0/.6 3/1.7 0/.4 1/1.2
Thyroid 1/.1 0/.3 0/.08 0/.2
Hodgkin 0/.3 1/.6 2*/.2 0/.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 4**/.6 0/1.9 1/.4 0/1.2
Myeloma 2*/.2 0/.9 0/.1 0/.5
Leukemia 0/.6 0/1.7 0/.3 0/1.1
Other cancers 0/.4 0/1.6 0/.2 0/1
Unknown 0/.8 1/4 0/.4 0/2.5
All except nonmelanoma skin 30*/19 80/82 14/11 39/51
All except skin, breast, and ovary 22***/15 65/68 11/8 24/41

Note.—Number of male and female relatives at risk is 1,968.

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