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. 2012 Dec 20;345:e8076. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8076

Table 1.

 Total number of cases of cancer in offspring (including familial cases) by age of offspring at diagnosis and number of familial cancer cases in which parents were affected with concordant cancer

Cancer and age (years) at diagnosis in offspring No of cases in offspring No of familial cases by parental age (years) at diagnosis*
<40 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 ≥90
Colorectal
0-76 24 121 28 94 292 654 890 572 66
<60 12 972 28 87 212 387 523 310 26
60-76 11 149 0 7 80 267 367 262 40
Lung
0-76 16 545 2 10 138 342 456 157 8
<60 8198 1 6 99 204 252 76 4
60-76 8347 1 4 39 138 204 81 4
Breast
0-76 58 505 120 575 1084 1472 1384 787 104
<60 43 655 119 522 926 1212 1064 547 72
60-76 14 850 1 53 158 260 320 240 32
Prostate
0-76 36 878 0 7 168 1234 2580 1465 101
<60 9837 0 5 94 626 1121 516 27
60-76 27 041 0 2 74 608 1459 949 74
Urinary bladder
0-76 9662 1 10 42 114 158 101 11
<60 5156 1 8 25 62 81 55 6
60-76 4506 0 2 17 52 77 46 5
Melanoma
0-76 20 804 45 90 140 171 148 88 5
<60 16 844 45 87 128 156 118 68 3
60-76 3960 0 3 12 15 30 20 2
Skin squamous cell carcinoma
0-76 6998 0 2 8 52 107 125 36
<60 3633 0 2 6 31 61 50 14
60-76 3365 0 0 2 21 46 75 22
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
0-76 9687 2 3 26 63 59 49 3
<60 6736 2 2 22 48 37 32 1
60-76 2951 0 1 4 15 22 17 2

*If both parents were affected with concordant cancer, minimum age at onset in either parent was used.