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. 2008 Feb 7;111(8):4014–4021. doi: 10.1182/blood-2007-08-106021

Table 5.

Standardized incidence ratios and relative risks for solid second malignant neoplasms by demographic and disease characteristics and by type of treatment among 1082 five-year survivors of pediatric non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL): Childhood Cancer Survivor Study, North America

All solid malignancies, n = 27
O SIR (95% CI) RR (95% CI)
Overall risk 27 3.9 (2.6, 5.7) NA
Sex
    Male 10 2.3 (1.1, 4.3) 1.0
    Female 17 6.8 (3.9, 10.8) 2.2 (1.0, 5.2)
Age at NHL diagnosis, y
    0-4 1
    5-9 5 3.6 (1.2, 8.4) 1.1 (0.3, 3.4)
    10-14 12 5.2 (2.7, 9.0) 1.8 (0.7, 4.6)
    15-21 9 3.4 (1.5, 6.4) 1.0
NHL treatment era
    1970-1973 5 3.2 (1.0, 7.6) 1.0
    1974-1977 4 2.0 (0.5, 5.1) 1.0 (0.2, 4.9)
    1978-1981 10 5.4 (2.6, 9.8) 2.8 (0.8, 12.4)
    1982-1986 8 5.6 (2.4, 11.1) 2.8 (0.8, 13.2)
P trend = .032
NHL histopathology or cell type
    Burkitt/Burkitt-like 0 0 (0, 3.0) ND
    Lymphoblastic 6 4.6 (1.7, 10.0) 1.5 (0.4, 6.0)
    Diffuse large cell 10 5.4 (2.6, 10.0) 1.9 (0.6, 7.0)
    Others specified 6 6.3 (2.3, 13.7) 1.7 (0.4, 7.3)
    Unspecified 5 3.3 (1.1, 7.7) 1.0
Primary site of NHL
    LN/hematopoietic 10 3.0 (2.9, 7.1) 1.0
    GI 1 ND ND
    Head and neck, including brain 2 3.0 (0.3, 10.8) 0.6 (0.3, 3.0)
    Mediastinum 7 14.6 (5.8, 30.0) 4.6 (1.6, 12.5)
    Unknown primary/others 7 5.7 (2.3, 11.8) 1.8 (0.6, 5.0)
Treatment exposures*
    Any RT 21 4.7 (2.9, 7.1) 2.1 (0.9, 4.8)
        Breast exposure to RT 12 11.8 (6.1, 20.6) 7.5 (2.6, 26.7)
        Thyroid exposure to RT 10 7.4 (3.5, 13.5) 2.6 (1.0, 7.1)
    Any CT 24 4.6 (2.9, 6.8) Unable
COMP 18 4.9 (2.9, 7.8) Unable
    Ara-C 13 6.0 (3.2, 10.2) 2.4 (1.0, 5.6)
    Doxorubicin 9 5.4 (2.4, 10.2) 1.6 (0.7, 3.7)
    Epipodophyllotoxins 2 5.4 (0.6, 19.4) 1.2 (0.2, 4.2)
    Bleomycin 2 4.8 (0.5, 17.4) 0.9 (0.1, 3.2)
    Platinum drugs 1 ND 4.6 (0.3, 23.5)
    Bone marrow transplantation 2 14.9 (1.7, 53.8) 3.6 (0.6, 112.5)

O indicates observed; SIR, standardized incidence ratio; CI, confidence interval; RR, rate ratio, based on Poisson regression (RR analyses adjusted for RT and sex); NA, not applicable; ND, not determined.

*

RT, radiation therapy; CT, chemotherapy; COMP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, methotrexate, and prednisone. Referent in each drug/regimen is all subjects unexposed to that drug/regimen. Treatment results are adjusted for NHL pathology and sex. CT and BMT results are additionally adjusted for RT.

Breast exposure includes shielded breast exposure. Because of sparse data, model for breast exposure did not account for gastrointestinal tract of head and neck sites.