Site or Type
Obs
SIR
AER
Solid tumors
519
2.8
37.9
Lung
155
4.3
13.4
GI tract
115
2.4
7.0
Stomach
29
2.8
2.1
Female breast
76
2.7
13.2
Bone
7
10.1
0.7
Connective tissue
15
9.8
1.6
Thyroid
14
9.2
1.4
* Based on Hancock 1996; Van Leeuwen 2000; Swerdlow 2000
combined results from 3 large studies*
(n=9618)
SIR: Standardized Incidence Ratio
AER: Absolute Excess Risk per 10,000 persons/year