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. 2005 Jun 7;93(2):260–265. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602658

Table 3. Standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) for cancer at sites other than the breast in unaffected relatives of patients with ataxia teleangectasia (AT), both sexes combined and each sex separately.

  Both sexes
Men
Women
Site of cancer Obs Exp SIR 95% CI Obs SIR 95% CI Obs SIR 95% CI
All sites except breast 191 155.76 1.2 1.1–1.4 106 1.2 1.0–1.4 85 1.3 1.1–1.6
                     
Stomach 17 12.07 1.4 0.8–2.3 11 1.5 0.7–2.6 6 1.3 0.5–2.9
Colon and rectum 25 21.31 1.2 0.8–1.7 14 1.3 0.7–2.1 11 1.1 0.5–1.9
Liver and biliary passages 8 2.97 2.7 1.2–5.3 2 1.4 0.2–5.1 6 3.9 1.4–8.4
Respiratory tract 24 19.38 1.2 0.8–1.8 20 1.3 0.8–2.1 4 0.9 0.2–2.3
Cervix uteri 6 4.51 1.3 0.5–2.9 6 1.3 0.5–2.9
Corpus uteri 5 4.25 1.2 0.4–2.8 5 1.2 0.4–2.8
Ovary 8 4.60 1.7 0.8–3.4 8 1.7 0.8–3.4
Prostate 17 16.06 1.1 0.6–1.7 17 1.1 0.6–1.7
Urinary tract 8 12.68 0.6 0.3–1.2 8 0.9 0.4–1.8 0 0.0 0.0–1.0
Melanoma of skin 10 4.81 2.1 1.0–3.8 6 2.7 1.0–5.8 4 1.6 0.4–4.0
Other skin 13 10.96 1.2 0.6–2.0 4 0.7 0.2–1.7 9 1.8 0.8–3.5
Lymphatic and haematopoietic tissues 13 12.33 1.1 0.6–1.8 7 1.0 0.4–2.1 6 1.1 0.4–2.5
Other and unspecified 37 29.83 1.2 0.9–1.7 17 1.0 0.6–1.7 20 1.3 0.8–2.1

Obs=observed cancers; Exp=expected cancers; CI=confidence interval.