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. 2016 Mar 24;6:23725. doi: 10.1038/srep23725

Table 1. Incidence rate (per 100,000 person-years) and hazard ratios among patients with cancer of unknown primary in Sweden.

Subtype No. IR HR 95%CI
Total 33,224 12.3 15.5 15.2 15.8
Histology
 Adenocarcinoma 30,392 6.5 19.1 18.6 19.6
 SCC 1,584 0.6 8.1 7.3 9.1
 Melanoma 1,360 0.5 6.7 5.9 7.6
 Undifferentiated 5,316 2.0 16.8 16.0 17.7
Location
 Neck 1,630 0.6 8.6 7.7 9.5
 Thorax 2,873 1.1 9.8 9.1 10.5
 Abdomen 7,061 2.6 16.3 15.7 16.9
 Liver 5,993 2.2 34.3 32.4 36.3
 Skin 499 0.2 6.2 5.3 7.3
 Brain 817 0.3 22.7 19.6 26.3
 Bone 1,336 0.5 20.9 18.6 23.5
 Suprarenal 564 0.2 11.2 9.6 13.0
 Unspecified 11,312 4.2 16.3 15.7 16.9
Diagnosis period
 1987–1999 17,390 13.0 21.6 20.9 22.3
 2000–2012 15,834 11.6 18.2 17.6 18.7