Question: Part2: please interpret RR for thyroid cancer from the previous question Of 2,800 people who had received radiation therapy in childhood thyroid cancer developed in

Part2: please interpret RR for thyroid cancer from the previous question

Part2: please interpret RR for thyroid cancer from the previous question Of

Of 2,800 people who had received radiation therapy in childhood thyroid cancer developed in 28 people and benign thyroid tumors developed in 50. A comparison group consisted of 5,000 people who did not receive radiation therapy as children. One person from the comparison group (no radiation therapy) developed thyroid cancer during follow-up period, and only 5 developed benign thyroid tumors. (For your convenience, some numbers for thyroid cancer are placed already in a table below (for benign tumors there should be a separate table); you would need to put the rest of numbers in a table.) Thyroid No Cancer Cancer Radiation+ 28 2800 No 5000 radiation Calculate the relative risk for thyroid cancer. (show calculations for full credit)

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