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Colorectal cancer risk in association with colorectal cancer as a second malignancy in relatives : a nationwide cohort study

Zheng, Guoqiao LU ; Sundquist, Jan LU ; Sundquist, Kristina LU and Ji, Jianguang LU orcid (2022) In BMC Cancer 22. p.1-8
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Increasing number of individuals will have first-degree relatives (FDRs) diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC), as a second primary malignancy (CRCa-2) after a non-CRC cancer. We aimed to estimate whether and to what extent a family history of CRCa-2 is associated with an increased CRC risk.

METHODS: In this Swedish nationwide cohort study, rate ratio (RR) and cumulative incidence of CRC were estimated among 172,531 individuals with a family history of CRC as a first primary malignancy (CRCa-1) and 17,830 with a family history of CRCa-2, respectively, using individuals without cancer family history as the reference group.

RESULTS: A cumulative incidence of CRC by age 80 was 6.3 and 5.6% for individuals with a... (More)

BACKGROUND: Increasing number of individuals will have first-degree relatives (FDRs) diagnosed with colorectal cancer (CRC), as a second primary malignancy (CRCa-2) after a non-CRC cancer. We aimed to estimate whether and to what extent a family history of CRCa-2 is associated with an increased CRC risk.

METHODS: In this Swedish nationwide cohort study, rate ratio (RR) and cumulative incidence of CRC were estimated among 172,531 individuals with a family history of CRC as a first primary malignancy (CRCa-1) and 17,830 with a family history of CRCa-2, respectively, using individuals without cancer family history as the reference group.

RESULTS: A cumulative incidence of CRC by age 80 was 6.3 and 5.6% for individuals with a parental and a sibling family history of CRCa-2, respectively. RRs of CRC for one FDR diagnosed with CRCa-1 and CRCa-2 were respectively 1.72 (95% CI, 1.65-1.79) and 1.50 (1.32-1.70); the latter RR was lower than the former (P = 0.0356), but no difference was observed after adjusting age of diagnosis of CRC in FDR and family relationship (P = 0.6898). Increased RRs were found to be associated with a CRCa-2 diagnosis in FDR that occured after cancers in upper aerodigestive tract, breast, prostate, kidney and nervous system.

CONCLUSIONS: Individuals who have relatives with CRCa-2 have an increased risk of CRC, but the magnitude is lower than those having relatives with CRCa-1, which is related to different ages of diagnosis of CRC in FDR and family relationships.

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Aged, 80 and over, Cohort Studies, Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Incidence, Male, Neoplasms, Second Primary/epidemiology, Risk, Risk Factors
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BMC Cancer
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22
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902
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1 - 8
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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1471-2407
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10.1186/s12885-022-10000-z
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English
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  keywords     = {{Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Colorectal Neoplasms/pathology; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Incidence; Male; Neoplasms, Second Primary/epidemiology; Risk; Risk Factors}},
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  series       = {{BMC Cancer}},
  title        = {{Colorectal cancer risk in association with colorectal cancer as a second malignancy in relatives : a nationwide cohort study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-022-10000-z}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/s12885-022-10000-z}},
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