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. 2016 Mar 9;6:22891. doi: 10.1038/srep22891

Table 1. Risk of cancer of unknown primary for offspring with first degree relatives diagnosed with cancer.

Cancer in relatives Parental only
Sibling only
Parent and sibling
First degree relatives
O SIR 95%CI O SIR 95%CI O SIR 95%CI O SIR 95%CI
Upper aerodigestive tract 146 1.33 1.12 1.56 58 1.12 0.85 1.44 2 1.94 0.18 7.13 206 1.26 1.10 1.45
Esophagus 52 1.28 0.95 1.68 23 1.28 0.81 1.92 1 7.22 0.00 41.39 76 1.29 1.02 1.62
Stomach 239 0.96 0.84 1.09 44 1.13 0.82 1.51 3 1.31 0.25 3.87 286 0.98 0.87 1.10
Colorectum 564 0.96 0.88 1.04 237 1.12 0.98 1.26 24 1.83 1.17 2.63 825 1.01 0.95 1.08
Colon 347 0.92 0.83 1.02 134 1.03 0.87 1.23 18 1.78 1.05 2.81 499 0.97 0.88 1.05
Rectum 217 1.02 0.89 1.16 103 1.25 1.02 1.51 6 1.98 0.71 4.35 326 1.09 0.98 1.22
Liver 177 1.14 0.98 1.33 54 1.40 1.05 1.83 4 3.94 1.03 10.19 235 1.21 1.06 1.38
Pancreas 152 1.01 0.85 1.18 54 1.19 0.90 1.56 4 2.87 0.75 7.42 210 1.06 0.92 1.22
Lung 404 1.19 1.07 1.31 284 1.71 1.52 1.92 25 2.43 1.57 3.59 713 1.38 1.28 1.48
Breast 484 1.00 0.91 1.10 435 1.17 1.06 1.29 35 1.10 0.77 1.53 954 1.08 1.01 1.15
Cervix 103 1.09 0.89 1.33 44 1.09 0.79 1.46 0       147 1.09 0.92 1.28
Endometrium 125 0.96 0.80 1.15 68 0.99 0.77 1.26 2 1.10 0.10 4.04 195 0.97 0.84 1.12
Ovary 121 1.12 0.93 1.34 62 1.07 0.82 1.37 5 3.41 1.08 8.03 188 1.12 0.97 1.30
Prostate 706 1.05 0.98 1.13 361 1.07 0.96 1.19 48 0.91 0.67 1.21 1115 1.05 0.99 1.12
Kidney 171 1.11 0.95 1.29 69 1.22 0.95 1.54 3 1.96 0.37 5.81 243 1.14 1.00 1.30
Urinary bladder 264 1.12 0.99 1.26 104 1.14 0.93 1.39 3 0.75 0.14 2.21 371 1.12 1.01 1.24
Melanoma 114 1.11 0.92 1.33 126 1.08 0.90 1.28 4 1.43 0.37 3.70 244 1.10 0.96 1.24
Skin, squamous cell 209 0.96 0.83 1.10 69 1.04 0.81 1.32 3 0.91 0.17 2.68 281 0.98 0.87 1.10
Nervous system 127 1.08 0.90 1.29 95 1.03 0.83 1.26 1 0.52 0.00 3.01 223 1.05 0.92 1.20
Thyroid gland 42 1.24 0.90 1.68 24 1.02 0.65 1.52 0       66 1.15 0.89 1.46
Endocrine glands 76 1.06 0.83 1.32 54 1.10 0.83 1.44 1 1.36 0.00 7.80 131 1.08 0.90 1.28
Connective tissue 29 0.97 0.65 1.39 31 1.91 1.30 2.71 1 11.33 0.00 64.92 61 1.32 1.01 1.69
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 185 1.00 0.86 1.16 104 1.05 0.86 1.28 2 0.54 0.05 1.98 291 1.01 0.90 1.14
Myeloma 85 1.10 0.88 1.36 25 0.90 0.58 1.33 1 1.62 0.00 9.27 111 1.05 0.86 1.27
Leukemia 95 1.08 0.87 1.32 44 1.04 0.76 1.40 0       139 1.06 0.89 1.26
CUP 189 1.07 0.93 1.24 85 1.40 1.12 1.73 0       274 1.15 1.02 1.30
All 3188 0.99 0.96 1.03 1133 1.09 1.02 1.15 172 1.24 1.06 1.43 5506 1.05 1.02 1.08

O = observed number of cases in offspring. Bolding shows that the 95% confidence limits (95%CI) do not include 1.00.