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. 2014 Feb 4;110(7):1871–1877. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2014.44

Table 3. Cancer-specific standardised incidence ratios (SIRs).

Cancer site Birkeland et al, 2000 Cheung et al, 2012 Collett et al, 2010 Hoshida et al, 1997 Krynitz et al, 2013 Kyllonen et al, 2000 Li et al, 2012 Piselli et al, 2013 Vajdic et al, 2006 Vegso et al, 2007 Villeneuve et al, 2007 Overall SIR
Lip
13.02 (10.75–15.63)
 
65.6 (49.9–84.6)
 
46 (35–59)
22.95 (12.55–38.51)
 
9.4 (3.1–22.0)
47 (41.76–52.91)
 
31.3 (23.5–40.8)
29.45 (17.85–48.59)
Stomach
 
2.85 (1.62–5.02)
2.0 (1.4–2.6)
1.40 (0.45–2.68)
1.8 (1.0–2.9)
 
1.84 (0.83–4.09)
1.4 (0.8–2.3)
 
 
2.1 (1.2–3.4)
1.93 (1.60–2.34)
Colon
 
1.75 (1.22–2.52)
1.8 (1.6–2.1)
 
2.3 (1.8–2.9)
3.94 (2.10–6.74)
2.04 (1.13–3.54)
 
1.71 (1.38–2.09)
0.34
1.4 (1.0–1.8)
1.89 (1.61–2.22)
Liver
 
2.53 (1.63–3.91)
2.4 (1.5–3.8)
1.36 (0.24–3.36)
2.7 (1.6–4.1)
 
5.07 (3.89–6.42)
0.4 (0.1–1.1)
3.19 (1.53–5.8)
3.25
1.8 (0.6–4.3)
2.63 (1.91–3.62)
Pancreas
 
1.57 (0.51–4.87)
1.5 (1.2–2.1)
 
2.2 (1.3–3.5)
 
 
0.9 (0.3–2.0)
 
 
1.1 (0.4–2.2)
1.55 (1.24–1.93)
Lunga
 
1.68 (1.17–2.42)
1.4 (1.2–1.6)
 
1.7 (1.3–2.2)
 
4.81 (2.73–8.48)
1.1 (0.8–1.6)
 
0.65
2.1 (1.7–2.5)
1.70 (1.30–2.21)
Melanoma
1·35 (0·28–3·93)
9.09 (2.27–36.34)
 
 
 
 
5.40 (0.76–38.18)
1.8 (0.9–3.3)
 
 
 
2.33 (1.39–3.92)
Non-melanoma skin
10.68 (8.84–12.79)
 
16.6 (15.9–17.3)
 
54 (52–56)
39.10 (29.20–51.27)
2.30 (0.86–6.13)
 
 
2.58
 
11.93 (4.84–29.45)
Breast
1.45 (0.72–2.60)
1.66 (1–2.75)
1.0 (0.8–1.2)
1.53 (0.18–5.27)
1.2 (0.9–1.5)
1.20 (0.64–2.05)
 
0.8 (0.5–1.2)
1.03 (0.78–1.34)
0.86
1.3 (1.0–1.7)
1.12 (1.00–1.24)
Ovary
 
3.29 (1.37–7.9)
1.4 (0.9–2.0)
 
1.9 (1.1–3.1)
 
1.14 (0.64–1.89)
1.1 (0.2–3.1)
1.15 (0.46–2.38)
 
1.5 (0.6–3.0)
1.50 (1.19–1.89)
Prostate
 
0.88 (0.39–1.95)
1.1 (0.9–1.4)
 
1.1 (0.9–1.3)
 
 
1.7 (1.2–2.3)
0.95 (0.68–1.29)
0.65
0.9 (0.6–1.3)
1.11 (0.99–1.25)
Kidney
4.08 (1.50–8.88)
12.5 (8.51–18.36)
7.9 (6.7–9.3)
79.96 (39.98–114.95)
6.2 (4.8–7.9)
7.97 (5.00–12.07)
 
4.9 (3.4–6.8)
7.3 (5.69–9.22)
6.77
7.3 (5.7–9.2)
8.61 (6.73–11.02)
Bladder
1.63 (0.53–3.81)
8.22 (4.67–14.47)
2.4 (1.9–3.0)
6.61 (0.69–20.60)
2.0 (1.5–2.7)
3.24 (1.40–6.38 )
42.89 (34.08–53.98)
1.1 (0.7–1.7)
3.33 (2.4–4.5)
0.79
2.0 (1.3–3.0)
3.18 (1.34–7.53)
Thyroid
0·91 (0·02–5·09)
4.35 (2.41–7.85)
7.0 (4.8–9.8)
12.43 (2.38–33.70)
4.1 (2.1–7.2)
8.09 (4.04–14.47)
2.41 (1.08–5.34)
1.9 (0.9–3.6)
6.9 (4.69–9.8)
8.95
5.0 (3.1–7.4)
5.29 (3.87–7.24)
Hodgkin's lymphoma
8.0 (1.65–23.38)
 
7.4 (5.3–10.2)
 
 
 
 
2.3 (0.5–6.8)
3.74 (1.51–7.71)
 
3.6 (1.7–6.9)
5.92 (4.53–7.73)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
5.48 (2.37–10.80)
 
12.5 (11.2–13.8)
 
 
 
 
 
9.86 (8.37–11.54)
1.32
8.8 (7.4–10.5)
6.59 (4.33–10.04)
All cancers 3.59 (3.12–4.11) 2.94 (2.62–3.29) 4.5 2.78 (1.8–3.28) 6.5 (6.3–6.8) 3.33 (2.92–3.79) 3.75 (3.36–4.18) 1.7 (1.6–1.9) 3.4 (3.22–3.59) 1.33 2.5 (2.3–7.1) 3.19 (2.22–4.60)
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Includes trachea, bronchus, and lung.