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. 2010 Oct 29;8(1):8. doi: 10.1186/1897-4287-8-8

Table 2.

Characteristics of hereditary cancer syndromes by population prevalence, proband's health status and frequency of index cancers among blood relatives.

Diagnosis Population prevalence Affected probands Cancer frequency

Value,% 95% CI,% Fr,% 95% CI,% Value,% 95% CI,%
HNPCC/g1 0.06 0.03 - 0.10 18.2 5.1 - 47.7 30.1 23.3 - 38.0
15.8CRC 10.7 - 22.5CRC
22.4EF 14.8 - 32.3EF
HNPCC/g2 0.11 0.07 - 0.17 5 0.9 - 23.6 15.5 11.6 - 20.3
10.6CRC 7.4 - 14.8CRC
9.6EF 5.7 - 15.8EF
HNPCC/g3 0.17 0.12 - 0.24 9.7 3.3 - 24.9 19.3 16.5 - 22.5
12.4CRC 9.6 - 15.9CRC
14.5EF 10.5 - 19.8EF
FCC/g2 0.11 0.07 - 0.17 5 0.9 - 23.6 17.0 12.8 - 22.3
HB+OC/g1 0.03 0.01 - 0.06 20 3.6 - 62.4 24.6 F 15.5 - 36.7 F
HBC1/g2 0.63 0.52 - 0.75 4.3 1.8 - 9.6 8.6 7.2 - 10.2
16.3F 13.8 - 19.1F
HBC2/g2 0.34 0.27 - 0.44 18.8 11.1 - 30.0 31.8F 27.5 - 36.4F
HBOC1/g2 0.03 0.02 - 0.07 0 0 - 39.0 19.3F 9.2 - 36.3 F
HBOC2/g2 0.16 0.11 - 0.22 20.7 9.8 - 38.4 30.8F 25.0 - 37.3F
HOC/g2 0.008 0.001 - 0.06 0 0 - 49.0 36.4F 19.7 - 57.0F
HB+OC/g2 1.18 1.04 - 1.35 10.5 7.1 - 15.2 12.6 F 11.4 - 13.9 F
23.6F 21.4 - 25.9F
HEC/g1 0.03 0.01 - 0.06 0 0 - 43.3 41.5F 27.8 - 56.6F
HEC/g2 0.14 0.10 - 0.20 15.4 6.2 - 33.5 32.2F 25.7 - 39.4 F
FEC/g1 0.01 0.003 - 0.04 0 0 - 65.8 46.2 F 23.2 - 70.9 F
FEC1/g2 0.13 0.09 - 0.19 12.5 4.3 - 31.0 28.7 F 22.4 - 36.0 F
FEC2/g2 0.05 0.03 - 0.09 11.1 2.0 - 43.5 32.4 F 22.4 - 44.2 F
H+FEC/g1 0.04 0.02 - 0.08 0 0 - 35.4 42.6 F 36.3 - 55.8 F
H+FEC/g2 0.32 0.25 - 0.41 13.6 7.0 - 24.5 30.8 F 26.5 - 35.4 F
H+FEC g3 0.35 0.28 - 0.45 14.3 7.4 - 25.7 41.0 F 36.1 - 46.2 F
HGC/g1 0.11 0.07 - 0.17 4.8 0.8 - 22.7 25.2 20.6 - 30.4
HGC/g2 0.40 0.32 - 0.50 0 0 - 4.9 16.0 13.8 - 18.5
HGC/g3 0.51 0.42 - 0.62 1.1 0.2 - 5.7 18.2 16.2 - 20.5
FLC/g1 0.07 0.04 - 0.12 0 0 - 22.8 25.5 19.3 - 32.8
FLC/g2 0.50 0.41 - 0.61 0 0 - 4.0 17.2 15.0 - 19.7
FLC/g3 0.57 0.47 - 0.69 0 0 - 3.5 18.3 16.2 - 20.7
HPC/g1 0.005 0.001 - 0.03 100 20.7 - 100 21.4M 7.6 - 47.6M
HPC/g2 0.11 0.07 - 0.17 19.0 7.7 - 40.0 22.2M 16.4 - 29.4M
HPC/g3 0.12 0.08 - 0.18 22.7 10.1 - 43.4 22.2 16.5 - 29.0
FPanC/g1 0.05 0.03 - 0.10 10 1.8 - 40.4 14.7 9.1 - 22.9
FBlaC/g1 0.01 0.003 - 0.04 0 0 - 65.8 31.6 15.4 - 54.0
FBlaC/g2 0.05 0.03 - 0.09 0 0 - 29.9 20.0 11.8 - 31.8
FBlaC/g3 0.06 0.03 - 0.11 0 0 - 25.9 22.8 14.9 - 33.2
FHemT/g1 0.005 0.001 - 0.03 0 0 - 79.3 30.8 12.7 - 57.6
FHemT/g2 0.09 0.05 - 0.14 6.3 1.1 - 28.3 15.4 11.2 - 20.9
FHemT/g3 0.09 0.06 - 0.15 5.9 1.0 - 27.0 16.3 12.1 - 21.2
FBT/g1 0.02 0.005 - 0.05 0 0 - 56.2 32.3 18.6 - 49.9
FBT/g2 0.09 0.05 - 0.14 0 0 - 19.4 14.4 10.4 - 19.5
FBT/g3 0.10 0.07 - 0.16 0 0 - 16.8 16.5 12.5 - 21.5

CRC colorectal cancer; EF endometrial cancer in female; F in female; M in male

CI, confidence interval; Fr, frequency; HB+OC, combined group of hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancer; H+FEC, combined group of hereditary and familial endometrial cancer