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. 2010 Mar 30;102(7):1190–1195. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605616

Table 2. Numbers of cases (Obs), standardised incidence ratio (SIR) and absolute excess risk (AER) per 100 000 person-years of selected second primary cancers after lung cancer by sex and histology.

  Squamous cell carcinoma
Small cell carcinoma
Adenocarcinoma excluding bronchioalveolar
Cancer sites (ICD 9th revision) Obs SIR 95% CI AER Obs SIR 95% CI AER Obs SIR 95% CI AER
Women PY=34 344 PY=16 763 PY=48 929
All but non-melanoma skin 377 1.28 (1.16–1.42) 242.55 149 1.16 (0.98–1.36) 119.65 555 1.49 (1.37–1.62) 374.30
Smoking-related cancers 142 2.31 (1.94–2.72) 234.27 58 2.28 (1.73–2.95) 194.47 164 2.24 (1.91–2.61) 185.80
 Head and neck 31 5.69 (3.87–8.08) 74.41 9 3.49 (1.59–6.63) 38.31 13 1.85 (0.99–3.17) 12.23
 Oesophagus (150) 14 3.31 (1.81–5.56) 28.45 6 3.30 (1.21–7.18) 24.95 7 1.72 (0.69–3.55) 6.01
 Bladder and kidney 40 2.31 (1.65–3.14) 65.95 18 2.45 (1.45–3.88) 63.59 69 3.32 (2.58–4.21) 98.59
 Leukaemias (204–208) 9 1.28 (0.58–2.42) 5.73 9 3.06 (1.40–5.82) 36.14 22 2.50 (1.57–3.79) 27.00
 Other smoking-related cancers 37 1.94 (1.36–2.67) 52.14 10 1.45 (0.70–2.67) 18.58 41 1.93 (1.38–2.62) 40.34
Colorectal (153, 154) 41 0.84 (0.60–1.14) −22.74 14 0.67 (0.36–1.12) −41.14 74 1.26 (0.99–1.58) 31.21
 Colon (153) 30 0.90 (0.61–1.29) −9.71 9 0.63 (0.29–1.19) −31.53 56 1.43 (1.08–1.86) 34.42
 Rectum (154) 11 0.70 (0.35–1.24) −13.73 5 0.75 (0.24–1.74) −9.94 18 0.93 (0.55–1.46) −2.77
Non-smoking-related cancer 194 1.06 (0.91–1.22) 31.03 77 0.93 (0.74–1.16) −33.66 317 1.32 (1.18–1.47) 157.14
 Female breast (174) 87 1.09 (0.88–1.35) 20.92 29 0.77 (0.52–1.11) −51.68 135 1.25 (1.05–1.48) 55.12
 Cervix uteri (180) 11 1.31 (0.65–2.35) 7.58 6 1.56 (0.57–3.41) 12.85 12 1.07 (0.55–1.87) 1.63
 Corpus uteri (182) 8 0.43 (0.19–0.85) −30.88 3 0.36 (0.07–1.05) −31.82 19 0.76 (0.46–1.18) −12.52
 Ovary (183) 23 1.47 (0.93–2.21) 21.41 9 1.28 (0.59–2.43) 11.74 28 1.37 (0.91–1.98) 15.52
 Thyroid gland (193) 6 2.48 (0.91–5.40) 10.43 3 2.64 (0.54–7.71) 11.12 18 4.87 (2.88–7.69) 29.23
 Other non-smoking-related cancers 59 1.01 (0.76–1.30) 1.57 27 1.10 (0.72–1.60) 14.12 105 1.47 (1.20–1.77) 68.16
                         
Men PY=212 428 PY=34 293 PY=64 945
All but non-melanoma skin 2882 1.21 (1.16–1.25) 231.99 408 1.16 (1.05–1.27) 160.26 1012 1.47 (1.38–1.56) 498.00
Smoking-related cancers 1454 1.58 (1.50–1.66) 250.63 186 1.39 (1.20–1.60) 151.44 428 1.73 (1.57–1.90) 277.11
 Head and neck 340 2.53 (2.27–2.81) 96.76 33 1.50 (1.04–2.11) 32.26 77 2.01 (1.59–2.51) 59.57
 Oesophagus (150) 93 1.78 (1.44–2.18) 19.18 12 1.46 (0.75–2.55) 11.03 27 1.91 (1.26–3.09) 19.76
 Bladder and kidney 565 1.87 (1.72–2.03) 123.83 70 1.62 (1.26–2.04) 77.98 159 1.90 (1.62–2.22) 116.16
 Leukaemias (204–208) 74 0.98 (0.77–1.23) −0.71 14 1.29 (0.71–2.17) 9.18 33 1.58 (1.09–2.37) 18.62
 Other smoking-related cancers 382 1.07 (0.96–1.18) 11.56 57 1.14 (0.87–1.48) 21.01 132 1.45 (1.21–1.72) 62.99
Colorectal (153, 154) 395 1.01 (0.92–1.12) 1.84 46 0.79 (0.58–1.05) −35.66 129 1.15 (0.96–1.38) 25.91
 Colon (153) 223 1.00 (0.87–1.14) 0.00 29 0.85 (0.57–1.22) −14.92 81 1.24 (0.98–1.57) 24.14
 Rectum (154) 172 1.04 (0.89–1.21) 3.11 17 0.70 (0.41–1.13) −21.25 48 1.02 (0.76–1.36) 1.45
Non-smoking-related cancer 1033 0.96 (0.90–1.02) −20.48 176 1.09 (1.21–1.58) 44.48 455 1.39 (1.26–1.52) 195.41
 Prostate (185) 694 1.06 (0.98–1.14) 18.49 111 1.19 (0.98–1.43) 51.68 312 1.56 (1.39–1.79) 172.37
 Testis (186) 5 1.10 (0.36–2.56) 0.21 1 1.26 (0.03–6.99) 0.60 5 3.14 (1.01–9.55) 5.25
 Thyroid gland (193) 10 1.14 (0.55–2.10) 0.58 4 3.04 (0.83–7.79) 7.83 9 3.43 (1.57–8.62) 9.82
 Other non-smoking-related cancers 324 0.79 (0.71–0.88) −39.77 60 0.92 (0.70–1.18) −15.63 129 1.04 (0.87–1.24) 7.98

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; ICD=International Classification of Disease; Obs=observed number; PY=person-years.

Smoking-related cancers included: head and neck (ICD-9: lip: 140, tongue: 141, mouth: 143–145, oropharynx: 146, hypopharynx: 148, pharynx unspecified: 149, and larynx: 161), salivary gland (142), nasopharynx (147), oesophagus (150), nose and nasal cavity (160), stomach (151), liver (155), and pancreas (157), bladder and kidney (188 189), leukaemia (204–208).

AER is expressed as per 100 000.