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. 2019 Aug 14;9:11804. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48399-4

Table 3.

RRs for vulvar/vaginal cancer when family members were diagnosed with any cancer, and RR for cancer when family members were diagnosed with vulvar/vaginal cancer.

Cancer site family member RR for vulvar/vaginal cancer RR for cancer
Familial cases RRb 95% CIc Familial cases RR 95% CI
Upper aerodigestive tract 32 1.03 0.73–1.47 49 1.18 0.89–1.56
Salivary glands 4 1.23 0.46–3.28 5 1.08 0.45–2.61
Esophagus 9 0.80 0.41–1.53 13 0.90 0.52–1.56
Stomach 63 1.23 0.96–1.58 29 0.94 0.65–1.36
Small intestine 5 0.82 0.34–1.98 7 0.81 0.38–1.69
Colorectum 150 0.98 0.83–1.15 175 0.98 0.85–1.14
Anus 7 2.38 1.14–5.01 11 2.13 1.18–3.85
Liver 48 1.34 1.01–1.78 22 0.68 0.45–1.03
Pancreas 35 0.94 0.67–1.31 38 1.04 0.75–1.42
Nose 6 2.68 1.20–5.97 4 1.48 0.56–3.96
Lung 130 1.32 1.10–1.57 151 1.13 0.96–1.32
Breast (female and male) 166 0.96 0.82–1.13 312 0.94 0.84–1.05
Cervix 24 0.99 0.66–1.48 24 0.71 0.48–1.07
Endometrium 48 1.25 0.94–1.66 62 1.16 0.90–1.48
Uterus, unspecified 2 0.47 0.12–1.89 12 1.98 1.12–3.49
Ovary 27 0.88 0.60–1.29 39 0.89 0.65–1.22
Vulvar/vaginal 17 2.72 1.69–4.39
Prostate 191 0.90 0.77–1.04 273 0.84 0.75–0.95
Testis 3 0.70 0.23–2.17 18 0.92 0.58–1.46
Penile 4 1.51 0.56–4.02 6 1.62 0.72–3.61
Kidney 41 1.03 0.76–1.41 48 1.05 0.79–1.40
Urinary bladder 72 1.12 0.89–1.42 94 1.29 1.05–1.58
Melanoma 57 1.24 0.95–1.61 90 0.80 0.65–0.98
Skin 59 0.98 0.76–1.27 62 0.99 0.77–1.27
Eye 2 0.50 0.12–1.99 5 0.82 0.34–1.96
Nervous system 48 1.23 0.93–1.64 72 0.90 0.72–1.14
Thyroid gland 10 0.91 0.49–1.70 14 0.67 0.39–1.13
Endocrine glands 25 1.08 0.73–1.60 37 0.92 0.66–1.27
Bone 4 1.94 0.73–5.17 2 0.36 0.09–1.43
Connective tissue 11 1.27 0.70–2.30 18 1.30 0.82–2.07
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 38 0.90 0.66–1.25 65 1.02 0.80–1.30
Hodgkin lymphoma 6 0.98 0.44–2.19 11 0.81 0.45–1.46
Myeloma 19 0.95 0.60–1.49 18 0.86 0.54–1.37
Leukemia 39 1.00 0.73–1.37 44 0.77 0.57–1.03
CUPa 42 0.95 0.70–1.28 32 0.71 0.50–1.00
All (including vulvar/vaginal) 1027 1.05 0.96–1.14 1880 0.95 0.91–1.00

CUPa = cancer of unknown primary. RRb = relative risk. 95% CIc = 95% confidence interval, bold font indicates that the lower limit of 95% CI does not include 1.00.