Table 3

An internal dose-response analysis.

ICD-10
Site
Digitoxin concentration ng/ml





<16
16–22
>22

C50
Breast
1.00 (reference)
1.04(0.59, 1.84)
0.90(0.48, 1.67)
C61
Prostate
1.00 (reference)
0.79(0.51, 1.22)
0.89(0.56, 1.40)
C18–C21
Colo-rectal
1.00 (reference)
0.97(0.66, 1.42)
0.92(0.61, 1.40)
C32–C34
Lung
1.00 (reference)
1.25(0.71,2.22)
1.06(0.57,2.00)
C64, C65
Kidney, urinary
1.00 (reference)
0.30(0.15,0.57)
0.45 (0.24, 0.83)
C67, C68
organs



C43,C44
Melanoma, other
1.00 (reference)
1.16(0.60,2.25)
1.29(0.65,2.57)

skin



C81–C85
Leukemia and
1.00 (reference)
0.67(0.38, 1.18)
0.57(0.30, 1.08)
C88–C92
Lymphoma



C00-C97
All sites
1.00 (reference)
0.84(0.71,0.99)
0.86(0.72, 1.02)

An internal dose-response analysis. Age-adjusted relative risks (95% confidence limits) of specific types of cancer by concentration levels (tertiles) of digitoxin. A Cox regression analysis was used.

Haux et al. BMC Cancer 2001 1:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-1-11