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. 2007 Jan 25;9(1):R10. doi: 10.1186/bcr1643

Table 5.

Risk of second primary cancer by time after first primary male breast cancer

<1 year 1 to 5 years >5 years
Cancer site N PERYR OBS EXP SIR (95 percent CI) N PERYR OBS EXP SIR (95 percent CI) N PERYR OBS EXP SIR (95 percent CI)

All, breast included 1,926 1,653.87 42 57.12 0.74 (0.53–0.99) 1,884 4332.66 88 101.51 0.87 (0.70–1.07) 1,796 2,469.34 91 55.92 1.63 (1.31–2.00)
All, breast excluded 1,926 1,655.89 38 57.09 0.67 (0.47–0.91) 1,888 4359.60 81 101.92 0.79 (0.63–0.99) 1,807 2,509.90 82 56.64 1.45 (1.15–1.80)
Prostate 1,926 1,666.28 14 20.83 0.67 (0.37–1.13) 1,912 4450.10 27 37.81 0.71 (0.47–1.04) 1,885 2,683.08 28 21.89 1.28 (0.85–1.85)
Second breast 1,926 1,654.10 4 0.11 34.90 (9.51–89.35) 1,922 4478.09 7 0.21 33.77 (13.58–69.57) 1,915 2,811.43 9 0.12 75.85 (34.68–143.99)
Colorectal 1,926 1,670.38 5 6.23 0.80 (0.26–1.87) 1,921 4524.94 11 11.66 0.94 (0.47–1.69) 1,910 2,825.87 10 7.11 1.41 (0.67–2.59)
Lung and bronchus 1,926 1,672.78 4 9.23 0.43 (0.12–1.11) 1,922 4540.41 6 17.21 0.35 (0.13–0.76) 1,916 2,848.25 13 10.82 1.20 (0.64–2.05)
Bladder 1,926 1,671.12 4 3.73 1.07 (0.29–2.74) 1,922 4534.16 4 6.97 0.57 (0.16–1.47) 1,918 2,821.43 12 4.15 2.89 (1.49–5.05)
Melanomaa 1,454 1,276.50 1 1.48 0.68 (0.02–3.77) 1,453 3491.48 7 2.61 2.68 (1.08–5.53) 1,446 2,199.81 6 1.45 4.15 (1.52–9.02)
Stomach 1,926 1,672.98 2 1.30 1.54 (0.19–5.58) 1,924 4545.53 4 2.43 1.65 (0.45–4.21) 1,920 2,851.61 4 1.50 2.66 (0.72–6.81)
Age (years)
 <60 618 531.05 6 5.85 1.02 (0.38–2.23) 612 1445.16 12 12.41 0.89 (0.44–1.59) 600 935.26 23 8.18 2.81 (1.78–4.22)
 60 to 69 547 491.85 7 18.38 0.38 (0.15–0.78) 540 1329.22 36 35.41 1.04 (0.74–1.44) 504 858.89 46 23.64 1.95 (1.42–2.60)
 70+ 761 630.97 29 32.89 0.88 (0.59–1.27) 732 1558.27 40 53.69 0.74 (0.53–1.01) 692 675.19 22 24.10 0.91 (0.57–1.38)

Bold numbers indicate that the 95 percent confidence interval (CI) does not include 1.00. aNon-Hispanic whites only. EXP, expected; N, number of subjects; OBS, observed; PERYR, person years at risk; SIR, standardized incidence ratios.