Table 1 Personal and family history of cancer in patients with sarcoma.

From: Family cancer history and smoking habit associated with sarcoma in a Japanese population study

 

Cases

Family history of cancer

Personal cancer history (%)

Up to third-degree relatives (%)

Up to second-degree relatives (%)

First-degree relatives (%)

Bone and soft tissue sarcoma

1320

730 (55%)

651 (49%)

367 (28%)

108 (8%)

Bone sarcoma

274

142 (52%)

127 (46%)

56 (20%)

14 (5%)

Male

159

80 (50%)

72 (45%)

34 (21%)

9 (6%)

Female

115

62 (54%)

55 (48%)

22 (19%)

5 (4%)

Soft tissue sarcoma

1046

578 (55%)

524 (50%)

311 (30%)

94 (9%)

Male

580

306 (53%)

279 (48%)

160 (28%)

40 (7%)

Female

466

272 (58%)

245 (53%)

151 (32%)

54 (12%)