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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 19.
Published in final edited form as: Oncol Nurs Forum. 2008 Jan;35(1):E1–E11. doi: 10.1188/08.ONF.E1-E11

Table 2.

Prevalence of Specific Cancers in Subjects

Overall
(N = 1,046)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
(N = 639)
Urinary Incontinence
(N = 407)
Cancer n % n % n % χ2 p
Breast 52 5.0 20 3.1 32 7.9 11.8 0.001
Prostate 25 2.4 2 0.3 23 5.7 30.4 < 0.001
Melanoma 19 1.8 11 1.7 8 2.0
Colon 16 1.5 3 0.5 13 3.2 12.3 < 0.001
Cervical 10 0.9 6 0.9 4 1.0
Uterine 10 0.9 3 0.5 7 1.7
Ovarian 7 0.7 5 0.8 2 0.5
Bladder 3 0.3 2 0.3 1 0.2
Brain 2 0.2 2 0.3
Lung 2 0.2 2 0.5
Lymphoma 8 0.8 3 0.5 5 1.2
Leukemia 1 0.1 1 0.2
Oral 1 0.1 1 0.2
Neck and throat 1 0.1 1 0.1
Rectal 1 0.1 1 0.2
Thyroid 2 0.2 1 0.1 1 0.2
Other 9 0.9 2 0.3 7 1.7