From: The surprising implications of familial association in disease risk
Cancer | Familial relationship studied | FRR 1 | FRR 2 | ⇒ | IRR | q |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Testicular cancer [20] | Brothers | 5.88 | 21.71 | ⇒ | 30.6 | 0.010 |
Prostate cancer [51] | Brothers | 2.96 | 7.71 | ⇒ | 12.2 | 0.027 |
Colorectal cancer [52] | Siblings | 2.25 | 4.25 a | ⇒ | 7.4 | 0.067 |
Melanoma [53] | FDRs | 1.9 | 4.7 a | ⇒ | 8.2 | 0.025 |
Breast cancer [25] | Women FDRs | 1.80 | 2.93 | ⇒ | 5.2 | 0.10 |
Hodgkin’s lymphoma [54] | FDRs | 6 | 13 a | ⇒ | 22.6 | 0.030 |
Non-medullary thyroid cancer [55] | FDRs | 3.1 | 23.2 a | ⇒ | 34.2 | 0.0022 |