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Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2008 Mar 18;44(7):983–991. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.02.027

Table 6.

Type and Incidence of Second Cancers Reported in Literature

Cooperative Group Study or Institution/Registry Study Period No. Patients No. Second Leukemia No. Second Solid Tumor CI Second Cancer Reference
NCI SEER & Connecticut Tumor Registry 1935–1989 595 2 11 NR Travis et at. 199411

MD Anderson Cancer Center 1944–1976 173 0 4 35% 10-yr Strong et al. 19796

Stanford University Medical Center 1960–1986 64 1 1 8.4% 5-yr Smith et al. 199255

NCI-PB, St. Jude, & University of Florida Medical School 1963–1990 266 2 14 5% 10-yr
9.2% 20-yr
Kuttesch et al. 19965

Hospital La Fe, Spain 1970–1995 121 2 2 NR Aparicio et al. 199814

DFCI & Children’s Hospital in Boston 1971–1988 82 1 6 6.7% 10-yr
42.8% 20 yr
McLean et al 19998

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologne, Italy 1972–1999 597 3 11 3.0% 5-yr
6.5% 10-yr
12.7% 20-yr
Bacci et al. 20057

Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy 1974–1986 121 0 7 NR Gaspirini et al. 199415

CESS 1981–1986 674 5 3 0.7% 5-yr
2.9% 10-yr
4.7% 15-yr
Dunst et al. 199856

CCG/POG INT-0091 1988–1992 Bhatia et al. 20079
Regimen A 262 3 2 0.4% 5-yr
 Regimen B 256 2 2 0.9% 5-yr
 Regimen C 60 6 0 11% 5-yr

GPOH 1992–1999 690 4 2 0.9% 5-yr Paulussen et al. 200110

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 1979–2004 237 8 4 3.0% 5-yr
4.7% 10-yr
Navid et al. (Current Study)

Abbreviations: NR, not reported; NCI SEER, National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program; CESS, Cooperative Ewing’s Sarcoma Studies; GPOH, German/Austrian/Dutch Society of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology; CCG/POG Children’s Cancer Group/Pediatric Oncology Group; DFCI, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; NCI-PB, National Cancer Institute-Pediatric Branch; Cl, cumulative incidence.