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. 2010 Sep 7;103(7):1103–1108. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605876

Table 3. Risk of non-breast cancer for parents and siblings of index casesa.

  Observed Expected SIR (95% CI)
Parents and siblings 143 72.44 1.97 (1.68–2.33)
Fathers and brothers 79 38.15 2.07 (1.66–2.58)
Mothers and sisters 64 34.29 1.87 (1.46–2.38)
Parents 114 62.34 1.83 (1.52–2.20)
Siblings 29 10.10 2.87 (2.00–4.13)
Fathers 69 33.05 2.09 (1.65–2.64)
Mothers 45 29.30 1.54 (1.15–2.06)
Brothers 10 5.11 1.96 (1.05–3.64)
Sisters 19 4.99 3.80 (2.43–5.96)
San Francisco 41 16.49 2.49 (1.83–3.38)
Ontario 33 17.10 1.93 (1.37–2.72)
Melbourne and Sydney 69 38.86 1.78 (1.40–2.25)
Index case: BRCA1 positive 8 3.94 2.03 (1.02–4.06)
Index case: BRCA2 positive 5 2.75 1.82 (0.76–4.36)
Index case: negative 107 54.46 1.97 (1.63–2.38)
Index case: untested 23 11.40 2.02 (1.34–3.04)
Index case: negative – fathers and brothers 58 28.40 2.04 (1.58–2.64)
Index case: negative – mothers and sisters 49 22.06 1.88 (1.42–2.49)
Index case: negative – parents 83 46.33 1.79 (1.45–2.22)
Index case: negative – siblings 24 8.13 2.95 (1.98–4.41)
Index case: negative – fathers 50 24.34 2.05 (1.56–2.71)
Index case: negative – mothers 33 21.99 1.50 (1.07–2.11)
Index case: negative – brothers 8 4.06 1.97 (0.98–3.94)
Index case: negative – sisters 16 4.07 3.93 (2.41–6.42)

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; SIR=standardised incidence ratio.

a

Excludes non-melanoma skin cancer.