Increased cancer risk in acromegaly

	Cancers	Expected	O/E
All	116	72	1.6
Colon	13	4.2	3.1
Esophagus	7	2.3	3.1
Stomach	4	1.6	2.5
Melanoma	3	0.9	3.3

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Common cancers occurring in 1041 men with acromegaly with no evidence for cancer at diagnosis. Excluded from this analysis were men who had gastrointestinal cancer at the time of diagnosis. There was an overall ratio of observed to expected (O/E) cancers of 1.6.

Data from: Ron E, Gridley G, Hrubec Z, et al. Acromegaly and gastrointestinal cancer. Cancer 1991; 68:1673.

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Increased cancer risk in acromegaly