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. 2010 Dec 28;29(6):739–746. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.8311

Table 2.

Elevated Risk of SPM by Site of Index HNSCC

SPM Site All HN Primaries
Oral Cavity Primaries
Oropharynx Primaries
Larynx Primaries
Hypopharynx Primaries
SIR
EAR per 10,000 PYR SIR
EAR per 10,000 PYR SIR
EAR per 10,000 PYR SIR
EAR per 10,000 PYR SIR
EAR per 10,000 PYR
Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI Rate 95% CI
All solid tumors 2.18 2.15 to 2.21 167.74 2.82 2.74 to 2.90 228.73 2.99 2.88 to 3.10 209.78 1.92 1.88 to 1.97 147.78 3.47 3.27 to 3.68 307.06
Lung and bronchus 3.75 3.66 to 3.85 75.22 3.96 3.74 to 4.20 69.07 4.86 4.54 to 5.20 79.59 4.07 3.92 to 4.22 93.83 6.06 5.46 to 6.71 139.52
HN 12.38 12.03 to 12.74 59.76 26.16 24.92 to 27.44 115.91 22.21 20.80 to 23.70 83.73 5.80 5.42 to 6.19 29.34 18.94 16.74 to 21.35 83.73
    Oral cavity/pharynx 15.25 14.78 to 15.73 54.29 31.68 30.08 to 33.33 105.21 26.73 24.9 to 28.65 75.46 7.25 6.74 to 7.77 26.47 23.69 20.76 to 26.91 80.27
    Oropharynx 18.22 15.36 to 21.47 1.83 28.04 19.84 to 38.49 2.73 40.16 28.42 to 55.12 3.56 11.24 7.92 to 15.49 1.32 32.15 15.42 to 59.12 2.48
    Larynx 5.03 4.64 to 5.43 6.44 10.50 9.14 to 11.99 12.56 9.42 7.86 to 11.20 9.06 2.24 1.86 to 2.68 2.83 7.79 5.51 to 10.69 5.34
    Hypopharynx 16.53 15.04 to 18.13 5.54 28.56 23.90 to 33.87 8.73 38.93 32.20 to 46.66 9.19 9.81 8.09 to 11.78 3.73 11.68 6.22 to 19.97 4.67
Esophagus 8.35 7.86 to 8.87 14.24 15.05 13.44 to 16.80 22.95 15.70 13.68 to 17.94 20.95 4.69 4.12 to 5.30 8.65 28.63 24.02 to 33.87 51.78
All non-HNLE sites 1.07 1.05 to 1.09 10.38 1.06 1.03 to 1.10 9.40 1.12 1.03 to 1.22 14.38 1.07 1.03 to 1.10 10.40 1.10 0.98 to 1.24 13.86

Abbreviations: SPM, second primary malignancy; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; HN, head and neck; SIR, standardized incidence ratio; EAR, excess absolute risk; PYR, person-years at risk; HNLE, head and neck, lung, and esophagus.