Table 2 Risks for cardia and corpus cancers in offspring by familial cancers (1993–2004)

From: Familial risk for gastric carcinoma: an updated study from Sweden

 

Parently only

Sibling only

Cancer sites

O

SIR

95%CI

O

SIR

95%CI

Risk for cardia cancer

 Oesophagus

8

2.94

1.26

5.82

1

1.83

0.00

10.52

Adenocarcinoma

3

5.67

1.07

16.80

0

   

SCC

4

2.17

0.57

5.62

0

   

 Stomach

28

1.54

1.02

2.23

1

0.67

0.00

3.83

Cardia

0

   

0

   

Corpus

11

1.20

0.60

2.15

1

2.33

0.00

13.33

Risk for corpus cancer

 Oesophagus

0

   

1

6.27

0.00

35.94

Stomach

12

2.50

1.29

4.38

3

7.28

1.37

21.55

 Cardia

0

   

0

   

 Corpus

9

3.70

1.68

7.06

1

2.33

0.00

13.33

 Breast

15

1.84

1.02

3.04

4

0.89

0.23

2.31

 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

4

1.80

0.47

4.66

4

4.77

1.24

12.34

  1. CI=confidence interval, O, observed cases. Bold type: 95%CI does not include 1.00; underline type, 99%CI does not include 1.00.
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