Comparison of patients by family history with gastric and non-gastric cancer

Table 1 Ranking of associated tumors in family relatives of 256 probands

Associated tumors	FGC (n =112)		Non-FGC (n =144)		No. of associated tumors	Percentage
	Male proband1 (n = 76)	Female proband (n = 36)	Male proband2 (n = 98)	Female proband3 (n = 46)
Stomach	108	46			154	38.6
Esophagus	7	1	43	22	73	18.3
Liver	2	1	17	18	38	9.5
Colorectum	1		23	10	34	8.5
Lung	4	2	10	9	25	6.3
Nasopharynx			14	3	17	4.3
Breast	3		5	5	13	3.3
Urogenital organ		1	4	7	12	3.0
Larynx			5	1	6	1.5
Pancreas			3	1	4	1.0
Others4	4	2	12	5	23	5.8
Total	129	53	136	81	399	100

¹One proband associated with lung cancer;

²One proband associated with colorectal cancer; another nasopharyngeal cancer. One relative (father) associated with both lung and colorectal cancer;

³One proband associated with breast cancer; another endometrial cancer;

⁴Other malignant tumors including brain tumors, leukemia, lymphoma, oral cancer, and thyroid cancer.