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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email 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 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. Cancer 1991; 68:1673.