Hematological Malignancies

combined results from 3 large studies* (n=9618)

Site or Type Solid tumors

Obs 519 155 115

SIR

AER

2.8 4.3 2.4 2.8 2.7

37.9 13.4

Lung

GI tract Stomach

7.0 2.1

29 76

Female breast

13.2

Bone

7

10.1

0.7 1.6 1.4

Connective tissue

15 14

9.8 9.2

Thyroid

* Based on Hancock 1996; Van Leeuwen 2000; Swerdlow 2000 SIR: Standardized Incidence Ratio AER: Absolute Excess Risk per 10,000 persons/year