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. 2008 Feb 12;98(5):870–874. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604241

Table 4. Standard SIR for high-risk malignancies according to adjuvant treatment.

  SIR 95% CI P
Leukaemia
 General population 1    
 No adjuvant therapy 0.99 (0.14; 7.05) 0.99
 RT alone 1.86 (1.26; 2.73) 0.0016
 CT alone 13.31 (4.99; 35.46) <0.0001
 RT+CT 3.63 (2.06; 6.39) <0.0001
       
Gynaecological cancer
 General population 1    
 No adjuvant therapy 0.89 (0.13; 6.31) 0.91
 RT alone 1.52 (1.20; 1.92) 0.0006
 HT alone 2.90 (1.45; 5.80) 0.0026
 RT+HT 2.39 (1.67; 3.41) <0.0001
       
Ovarian cancer
 General population 1    
 No adjuvant therapy 0.80 (0.11; 5.70) 0.82
 RT alone 1.46 (1.07; 1.98) 0.01
 CT alone 1.38 (0.19; 9.77) 0.75
 RT+CT 3.06 (2.07; 4.53) <0.0001

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; CT=chemotherapy; HT=hormonal therapy; RT=radiotherapy, SIR=standardized incidence ratio.