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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Radiol Prot. 2013 Mar 27;33(2):395–411. doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/33/2/395

Table 2.

Observed number of cancer cases and standardized incidence ratio in the Estonian cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers by cancer site, 1986–2008.

ICD-10 Cancer site No. of
cases
SIR 95% CI
C00–C97 All sites 232 1.06 0.93–1.20
C00–C97, except C44 All sites, except other skin 219 1.08 0.94–1.23
C00–C14 Mouth, pharynx 24 1.70 1.09–2.52
C07–C08  Salivary glands 0 0.00 0.00–4.57
C09–C14  Pharynx 16 2.41 1.38–3.91
C15–C26 Digestive organs 62 1.11 0.85–1.42
C15  Oesophagus 12 2.38 1.23–4.15
C16  Stomach 19 0.93 0.56–1.45
C18  Colon 12 1.18 0.61–2.06
C19–C21  Rectum 9 1.17 0.54–2.23
C22  Liver 2 0.78 0.09–2.82
C30–C39 Respiratory organs 51 1.02 0.76–1.34
C32  Larynx 7 0.91 0.37–1.88
C33–C34  Trachea, bronchus, lung 42 1.02 0.74–1.38
C40–C41 Bone 2 2.08 0.25–7.50
C43 Melanoma of skin 6 1.14 0.42–2.49
C44 Other skin 13 0.82 0.43–1.39
C45–C49 Mesothelial and soft tissues 1 0.44 0.01–2.42
C50 Breast 0 0.00 0.00–13.54
C60–C63 Male genital organs 16 0.70 0.40–1.14
C61  Prostate 13 0.89 0.48–1.53
C64–C68 Urinary organs 18 0.84 0.50–1.33
C69 Eye 0 0.00 0.00–9.19
C70–C72 Central nervous system 12 1.91 0.99–3.34
C71  Brain 10 1.71 0.82–3.15
C73 Thyroid gland 2 1.41 0.17–5.10
C74–C75 Other endocrine 0 0.00 0.00–17.32
C76–C80 Site unknown or uncertain 7 1.27 0.51–2.62
C81 Hodgkin lymphoma 3 1.39 0.29–4.06
C82–C85, C96 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 6 1.16 0.43–2.53
C88, C90 Multiple myeloma,
immunoproliferative diseases
2 1.00 0.12–3.60
C91–C95 Leukaemia 7 1.22 0.49–2.51
C07–C08, C15, C16, C18,
C33–C34, C40–C41, C44,
C64–C68, C70–C73,
C91–C95 (except C91.1)
Radiation-related sites 135 1.06 0.88–1.24
C01–C15, C18–C22, C32 Alcohol-related sites 66 1.42 1.09–1.80