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. 2006 Feb 6;34(3):840–852. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkj489

Table 1.

Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) of cancer risk by site in population-based and clinic-based ascertainment of MMR defective cancers

Tumor site All MSI-H SIR (60) Population-based SIR (60) Clinic-based SIR (60) Incidence per 100 000 (60) Clinic-based SIR (63) Incidence per 100 000 (63) Combined incidence per 100 000 (60,63)
Colon 6.1 (5.2–7.2) 4.3 (3.4–5.3) 9.6 (7.5–12.3) 5319 N/Aa
Gastric 4.6 (2.7–6.6) 3.3 (1.4–5.4) 7.1 (3.1–11.7) 614 4 1291 802
Uterus 4.1 (2.9–5.6) 3.4 (1.9–4.8) 5.4 (3.1–7.9) 2440 N/Aa 8049 4020
Kidney 2.6 (1.4–4.0) 1.8 (0.5–3.3) 4.1 (1.5–7.1) 438 3 759 528
Lung 0.3 (0.2–0.5) 0.2 (0.0–0.4) 0.6 (0.2–1.1) 351
Ovary 2.0 (1.0–3.2) 1.6 (0.5–3.1) 2.6 (0.8–5.1) 714 3.5 1974b 1069b
Breast 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.4 (0.2–0.6) 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 1250 <1
Hematopoietic 0.5 (0.2–0.8) 0.7 (0.2–1.1) 0.3 (0.0–0.7) 321 1
Pancreas 1.7 (0.7–2.8) 2.1 (0.8–3.8) 1.0 (0.0–2.7) 292 1
Prostate 0.3 (0.1–0.5) 0.3 (0.1–0.6) 0.3 (0.0–0.7) 292
Small bowel 7.6 (2.5–13.9) 9.7 (1.9–19.3) 3.6 (0.0–12.0) 175 25 759 338
Cervix 0.3 (0.1–0.5) 0.2 (0.0–0.4) 0.5 (0.0–0.9) 357 1 1063b 556b
Bladder 0.4 (0.1–0.9) 0.3 (0.0–0.7) 0.8 (0.0–1.8) 146 1 380 211
Hepatobiliary 2.4 (0.6–5.0) 0.9 (0.0–3.2) 5.3 (0.0–11.7) 117 5 532 232
Ureter 9.0 (2.0–18.3) 10.0 (0.0–22.9) 6.8 (0.0–21.8) 117 22 380 190
Brain 0.7 (0.0–1.7) 0.7 (0.0–1.9) 0.6 (0.0–2.1) 88 1
Head/neck 0.3 (0.0–0.6) 0.4 (0.0–0.9) N/A 88 1
Melanoma 0.3 (0.0–0.4) 0.2 (0.0–0.6) N/A 58

aIn this study, these cancers were used to ascertain high-risk families, therefore an unbiased estimate of incidence cannot be estimated.

bEstimated 50% of patients were female in this study.

Relative risk is presented with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. Data are compiled from (60,63).