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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Oncol. 2013 Apr;36(2):132–142. doi: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3182438ddf

Table 2.

Race and the site-specific risk of second primary cancers in renal cell carcinoma

Site of second malignancy Whites (O, SIR) Blacks (O, SIR) Others (O, SIR)

All sites 3,230 (1.15)* 382 (1.38)* 182 (1.7)
All solid tumors 2,897 (1.15)* 355 (1.4)* 167 (1.73)
All lymphatic and Hematopoietic diseases 263 (1.17)* 20 (1.14) 15 (2.01)*
Oral cavity and pharynx 50 (0.74)*a 3 (0.44) 1 (0.4)
Digestive system 605 (1.06)b 59 (0.96)h 54 (1.7)*l
Liver, GB IHBD, EHBD, other biliary 51 (1.2)c 3 (0.6) 3 (0.55)
Respiratory system 474 (0.99)d 69 (1.3)i 19 (1.1)m
Bones and Joints 4 (1.7) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Soft tissue including heart 12 (1.0) 3 (3.0) 0 (0)
Skin excluding BCC and SCC 120 (1.23)*e 0 (0) 1 (1.5)
Breast 216 (0.93) 0 (0) 10 (1.4)
Female Genital system 88 (0.96) 5 (0.6) 3 (0.98)
Male Genital system 751 (1.16)*f 102 (1.3)*j 43 (1.9)*n
Urinary bladder 217 (1.22)* 15 (2.0)* 10 (2.53)*
Kidney 251 (4.01)* 65 (9.9)* 18 (8.1)*
Renal pelvis 4 (0.6) 1 (3.1) 0 (0)
Ureter 10 (2.1) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Eye and Orbit 4 (0.91) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Brain and other Nervous system 30 (1.03) 1 (0.7) 1 (1.4)
Endocrine system 57 (3.1)*g 6 (3.9)k 7 (5.3)*o
Lymphoma 125 (1.1) 10 (1.55) 8 (1.9)
Myeloma 45 (1.3) 4 (0.6) 1 (0.8)
Leukemia 93 (1.21) 6 (1.2) 6 (.9)*p
Mesothelioma 11 (1.2) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Kaposi Sarcoma 3 (0.93) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Miscellaneous 58 (0.84) 7 (0.98) 0 (0)
*

p<0.05

American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native American, Asian and Pacific Islander

a

Risk of SPC in the hypopharynx significantly decreased (SIR, 0.16);

b

Risk of SPC in the hepatic flexure of the colon (SIR: 1.7) significantly increased;

c

Risk of SPC in the pancreas significantly increased (SIR: 1.33);

d

Risk of SPC in the larynx significantly decreased (SIR: 0.16);

e

Risk of melanoma of the skin significantly increased (SIR: 1.22);

f

Risk of SPC in the prostate significantly increased (SIR: 1.16);

g

Risk of SPC in the thyroid gland (SIR: 3.01) and adrenal gland (SIR: 7.3) significantly increased;

h

Risk of SPC in the small intestine and transverse colon significantly increased (SIR: 3.4 and 3.05 respectively);

i

Risk of SPC in the lung and bronchus significantly increased (SIR: 1.4);

j

Risk of SPC in the prostate gland significantly increased (SIR: 1.3);

k

Risk of SPC in the thyroid gland significantly increased (SIR: 4.7);

l

Risk of SPC in the colon (excluding the rectum, SIR:2.25), specifically in the hepatic (SIR:5.2) and splenic flexures (SIR: 7.7) and the sigmoid colon (SIR:2.3), rectum and rectosigmoid junction (SIR:2.22) is significantly increased;

m

Risk of SPC in the trachea (SIR: 84.3) significantly increased;

n

Risk of SPC in the prostate significantly increased (SIR: 1.87);

o

Risk of SPC in thyroid gland significantly increased (SIR: 6.0);

p

Risk of ALL (SIR: 17.6) significantly increased;