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. 2013 May 7;109(1):229–234. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.220

Table 5. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for specific cancer types stratified by time after tuberculosis diagnosis among male and female patients.

  <1 Year
1–5 Years
>5 Years
Site of cancers Observed SIR (95% CI) Observed SIR (95% CI) Observed SIR (95% CI)
Male
Head and neck 14 3.74 (2.05–6.28) 15 1.48 (0.83–2.44) 8 1.61 (0.69–3.17)
Esophagus 8 6.96 (3.01–13.72) 6 1.96 (0.72–4.26) 3 2.05 (0.42–6.00)
Colon and rectum 14 2.18 (1.19–3.65) 18 1.06 (0.63–1.68) 12 1.46 (0.75–2.55)
Liver 17 2.72 (1.59–4.36) 31 1.90 (1.29–2.70) 13 1.73 (0.92–2.96)
Biliary tract 2 3.77 (0.46–13.62) 5 3.66 (1.19–8.54) 2 3.15 (0.38–11.37)
Lung 85 12.39 (9.90–15.33) 39 2.21 (1.57–3.02) 10 1.21 (0.58–2.23)
Melanoma 2 15.39 (1.86–55.59) 2 5.86 (0.71–21.16) 0 0.00 (0.00–23.77)
Bladder 3 1.47 (0.30–4.30) 9 1.71 (0.78–3.24) 9 3.64 (1.67–6.92)
Hodgkin's disease
2
58.21 (7.05–210.27)
0
0.00 (0.00–44.57)
0
0.00 (0.00–95.18)
Female
Esophagus 3 52.11 (10.75–152.28) 0 0.00 (0.00–25.96) 0 0.00 (0.00–51.79)
Lung 21 17.24 (10.67–26.36) 3 0.95 (0.20–2.77) 1 0.60 (0.02–3.34)
Leukemia 2 13.14 (1.59–47.45) 1 2.46 (0.06–13.72) 2 9.45 (1.14–34.12)

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