Demographic Information
Total respondents: 56
Sex: 32 (57% male), 24 female
Ethnicity: all non-Hispanic
Race: 55 white, 1 Native American/Alaska Native
Age at Diagnosis:
Relatives with cancer
Nine persons (16%) reported a family member, including distant relatives, with brain cancer.
Twenty-seven persons (48%) reported a first-degree relative with some type of cancer other than brain or skin cancer. A first-degree relative was defined as a brother, half-brother, sister, half-sister, mother, father, or child. A total of 44 relatives were reported with other types of cancer. The reported cancers in relatives were:
Cancer Type | Number of Relatives listed |
---|---|
Bladder | 1 |
Bone | 2 |
Breast | 9 |
Carcinoma, unspecified | 1 |
Colon | 2 |
Kidney | 2 |
Liver | 3 |
Lung | 3 |
Lymphoma/leukemia | 4 |
Ovary | 1 |
Pancreas | 1 |
Prostate | 5 |
Skin (melanoma) | 1 |
Stomach | 2 |
Throat | 1 |
Thyroid | 1 |
Tumor in back/shoulder blade | 2 |
Uterus | 3 |
Total | 44 |