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. 2006 Oct 10;95(9):1142–1144. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603422

Table 1. Characteristics of seven patients with SPC following chemoradiation.

Type of SPC First to second cancer (years) Smoking (pack-year) Chemo RT field First symptom Treatment of SPC Survival after SPC (years)
Gall bladder 2.5 100 DP Outside Abdominal pain Curative operation 1.2 (died of SPC)
Oesophagus 4.1 30 FP Outside None Curative chemo RT 7.2 (alive)
Lung (adeno) 5.9 30 DP Outside None Curative operation 1.6 (alive)
Oesophagus 8.3 50 FP Inside Dysphagia Palliation 0.35 (died of SPC)
Lung (adeno) 8.3 68* FP Outside None Curative operation 1.5 (alive)
Bile duct 8.7 40 FP Outside Jaundice Palliative chemo 0.79 (died of SPC)
Lung (small) 9.5 75 FP Outside None Chemo 1.1 (alive)

Adeno=adenocarcinoma; chemo=chemotherapy; DP=docetaxel and cisplatin; FP=5-fluorouracil and cisplatin; RT=radiation; small=small-cell carcinoma; SPC=second primary cancer;

*

The number of 68 was the value at the time of diagnosis of initial NSCLC and this patient had continued smoking as SPC was found.