Table 4 Number and percentage of cases with and without a concordant cancer in the family among individuals at age ≥ 60 years.

From: Population Landscape of Familial Cancer

Cancer site

Number of cases (%) with a negative family history

Number of cases (%) with concordant cancers among first-degree relatives

2 affected FDR1

3 or more affected FDRs

Upper aerodigestive tract

2733 (97.1)

81 (2.9)

2 (0.1)

Esophagus

1251 (98.2)

23 (1.8)

0 (0)

Stomach

1958 (93.3)

133 (6.3)

7 (0.3)

Small intestine

611 (97.6)

14 (2.2)

1 (0.2)

Colorectum

12934 (86.2)

1940 (12.9)

126 (0.8)

Liver

2280 (96.3)

87 (3.7)

1 (0.0)

Pancreas

2823 (95.9)

116(3.9)

4 (0.1)

Lung

10215 (89.8)

1124 (9.9)

42 (0.4)

Breast

16469 (85.6)

2573 (13.4)

204 (1.1)

Cervix

623 (98.9)

7 (1.1)

0 (0)

Endometrium

4458 (96.1)

179 (3.9)

4 (0.1)

Ovary

2336 (96.6)

80 (3.3)

2 (0.1)

Prostate

29273 (78.1)

7148 (19.1)

1071 (2.9)

Testis

108 (99.1)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

Kidney

3099 (96.6)

108 (3.4)

2 (0.1)

Urinary bladder

5711 (93.7)

378 (6.2)

9 (0.2)

Melanoma

5251 (94.5)

288 (5.2)

15 (0.3)

Skin, squamous cell

4564 (93.5)

307 (6.3)

12 (0.3)

Nervous system

3364 (96.6)

117 (3.4)

3 (0.1)

Thyroid gland

504 (97.9)

11 (2.1)

0 (0)

Endocrine glands

1764 (97.8)

37 (2.1)

2 (0.1)

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

4072(96.4)

148 (3.5)

3 (0.1)

Hodgkin lymphoma

222 (99.1)

2 (0.9)

0 (0)

Myeloma

1690 (97.2)

48 (2.8)

0 (0)

Leukemia

3366 (95.3)

162 (4.6)

3 (0.1)

  1. 1FDR = First-degree relative.