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. 2009 Jan 6;100(1):174–177. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604842

Table 2. New cancer in 6401 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin in Northern Ireland: 1993–2002 (all ages).

    Cancer in men
Cancer in women
Cancer in men and women
Site ICD 10 n SIR (95% CI) n SIR (95% CI) n SIR (95% CI)
All C00–C97 549 1.58 (1.44, 1.71)* 307 1.55 (1.38, 1.73)* 856 1.57 (1.46, 1.67)*
All excluding non-melanoma skin cancer C00–C97 ex C44 352 1.34 (1.20, 1.48)* 174 1.21 (1.03, 1.39)* 526 1.29 (1.18, 1.40)*
Skin, melanoma C43 12 3.13 (1.36, 4.91)* 3 0.86 (−0.11, 1.82) 15 2.04 (1.01, 3.08)*
Skin, basal cell C44 197 1.97 (1.69, 2.25)* 133 2.19 (1.81, 2.56)* 330 2.05 (1.83, 2.27)*
Lung C33, C34 47 0.94 (0.67, 1.21) 23 1.40 (0.83, 1.98) 70 1.05 (0.81, 1.30)
Breast (female only) C50     17 0.58 (0.30, 0.86)    
Cervix C53     4 2.89 (0.06, 5.72)    
Uterus C54     4 0.92 (0.02, 1.81)    
Ovary C56     3 0.52 (−0.07, 1.11)    
Prostate C61 58 1.01 (0.75, 1.27)        
Oesophagus and stomach C15, C16 32 1.48 (0.97, 2.00) 12 1.16 (0.50, 1.81) 44 1.38 (0.97, 1.78)
Oesophagus C15 13 1.76 (0.80, 2.72) 6 1.52 (0.30, 2.73) 19 1.68 (0.92, 2.43)
Stomach C16 19 1.34 (0.74, 1.94) 6 0.94 (0.19, 1.68) 25 1.21 (0.74, 1.69)
Colorectal C18–C21 49 1.13 (0.81, 1.44) 23 0.93 (0.55, 1.32) 72 1.06 (0.81, 1.30)
Colon C18 31 1.09 (0.71, 1.48) 15 0.87 (0.43, 1.32) 46 1.01 (0.72, 1.30)
Rectum C19–C21 18 1.19 (0.64, 1.74) 8 1.07 (0.33, 1.82) 26 1.15 (0.71, 1.60)
Haematological malignancies C81–C96 26 1.25 (0.77, 1.73) 16 1.37 (0.70, 2.04) 42 1.29 (0.90, 1.69)
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma C82–C85 9 1.14 (0.39, 1.88) 8 1.45 (0.44, 2.45) 17 1.26 (0.66, 1.87)
               
Tobacco-related cancers C00–C14, C15, C16, C22, C25, C32, C33, C34, C53, C64–C66, C67, C68, C92 139 1.21 (1.01, 1.41)* 67 1.49 (1.13, 1.85)* 206 1.29 (1.11, 1.46)*

CI=confidence interval; SIR=standardised incidence ratio. Bold values indicate *P<0.05.