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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 3.

Effect of gender, size of primary renal tumor and radiation on the risk of second primary cancers in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

Site of second malignancy Gender Size of RCC H/O of radiation?

Males Females ≤5cm >5 to <10cm ≥10cm Yes No

O(SIR) O(SIR) O(SIR) Total (O, SIR) Total (O, SIR) Total (O, SIR) Total (O, SIR)

All sites 2,712 (1.2)* 1,083 (1.2) 971 (1.3)* 914 (1.2)* 226 (1.05) 110 (1.11) 3,666 (1.18)*
All solid tumors 2,458 (1.2)* 962 (1.2) 873 (1.3)* 819 (1.2)* 207 (1.08) 99 (1.12) 3,304 (1.19)*
All lymphatic and Hematopoietic diseases 203 (1.2) 95 (1.3)* 77 (1.29)* 77 (1.3) 13 (0.77) 11 (1.5) 286 (1.18)*
Oral cavity and pharynx 39 (0.6)*a 15 (0.9) 9 (0.54) 13 (0.7) 6 (1.2) 1 (0.4) 53 (0.71)*t
Digestive system 489 (1.1) 229 (1.12) 186 (1.23)* g 152 (0.98) 38 (0.9)p 18 (0.9)q 695 (1.08)u
Liver, GB IHBD, EHBD, other biliary 45 (1.2) 12 (0.8) 18 (1.37) h 16 (1.2) 3 (0.8) 0 (0) 57 (1.1)
Respiratory system 401 (0.96) 161 (1.2)e 129 (1.03) 135 (1.1) 39 (1.1) 20 (1.1) 540 (1.02)
Bones and Joints 3 (1.7) 1 (1.2) 1 (1.67) 1 (1.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (1.6)
Soft tissue including heart 10 (1.04) 5 (1.3) 7 (2.11) 4 (1.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 15 (1.140
Skin excluding BCC and SCC 93 (1.2) 28 (1.21) 41 (1.61)* i 28 (1.1) 9 (1.2) 2 (0.7) 119 (1.23)*v
Breast 6 (1.3) 246 (0.95) 80 (1.22) 48 (0.77)*m 14 (0.8) 4 (0.7) 245 (0.96)
Female Genital system - 96 (0.92) 16 (0.64) 24 (0.98) 5 (0.8) 4 (1.7) 92 (0.91)
Male Genital system 896 (1.2)*b - 215 (1.21)* j 222 (1.2)*n 54 (1.01) 33 (1.3)r 860 (1.9)*
Urinary bladder 203 (1.2)* 39 (1.5)* 71 (1.63)* 60 (1.33) 12 (0.96) 5 (0.8) 236 (1.3)*
Kidney 241 (4.4)* 93 (5.6)* 88 (5.0)* 92 (5.0)* 29 (5.3)* 7 (3.2)* 325 (4.7)*
Renal pelvis 4 (0.7) 1 (0.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (4.3) 0 (0) 5 (0.7)
Ureter 8 (2.0) 2 (1.8) 2 (1.74) 2 (1.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 10 (2.0)
Eye and Orbit 4 (1.2) 1 (0.8) 2 (1.96) 2 (1.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 5 (1.2)
Brain and other Nervous system 22 (0.9) 10 (1.1) 4 (0.56) 12 (1.6) 1 (0.5) 1 (1.0) 30 (0.99)
Endocrine system 36 (3.3)*c 34 (3.2)*f 23 (4.07)* k 22 (3.8)*o 2 (1.2) 3 (5.2)* 67 (3.2)*w
Lymphoma 93 (1.1) 50 (1.3) 32 (1.06) 33 (1.1) 9 (1.05) 2 (0.6) 141 (1.2)x
Myeloma 30 (1.01) 20 (1.6) 10 (0.99) 22 (2.2)* 1 (0.4) 1 (0.8) 49 (1.2)
Leukemia 80 (1.3)*d 25 (1.1) 35 (1.80)* l 2 (1.1) 3 (0.5) 8 (3.1)*s 96 (1.2)
Mesothelioma 10 (1.1) 1 90.98) 5 (2.17) 2 (0.8) 0 (0) 1 (3.1) 10 (1.0)
Kaposi Sarcoma 3 (0.9) 0 (0) 1 (1.36) 1 (1.2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (0.84)
Miscellaneous 39 (0.8) 26 (0.9) 14 (0.81) 16 (0.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 64 (0.84)
*

p<0.05, O-observed number of cases; SIR- Standardized incidence ratio (ratio of observed to expected number of second malignancies);

a

Significant decrease in the risk of SPC in the pharynx (SIR: 0.3) and the hypopharynx (SIR: 0.15);

b

Significantly increased risk of prostate cancer (SIR: 1.2);

c

Significantly increased risk of thyroid (SIR: 3.4) and adrenal gland cancer (SIR: 6.6);

d

Significantly increased risk of non-lymphocytic leukemias (SIR: 1.4);

e

Significant increase in the risk of SPC in the lung and bronchus (SIR: 1.22);

f

Significant increase in the risk of thyroid cancer (SIR: 3.2);

g

Significant increase (p<0.05) in the risk of cancer of the hepatic flexure of the colon (SIR: 2.68);

h

Significantly increased risk of pancreatic cancer (SIR: 1.84);

i

Significantly increased risk of cutaneous melanoma (SIR: 1.5) and other non-epithelial skin cancers (SIR: 2.7);

j

All the cases comprise cancer of the prostate whose risk is significantly increased (SIR:1.22);

k

Significantly (p<0.05) increased risk of cancer of the thyroid gland (SIR: 3.9) and adrenal gland (SIR: 9.6);

l

Significantly increased risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL, SIR: 1.94), Non-lymphocytic leukemias (SIR: 1.81) and Myeloid and Monocytic leukemia (SIR:2.0);

m

Significantly decreased risk of cancer in the female breast (SIR: 0.73);

n

Significantly increased risk of prostate cancer (SIR: 1.2);

o

Significantly increased risk of thyroid cancer (SIR: 3.84);

p

Significant increase in the risk of cancer of the hepatic flexure of the colon (SIR: 3.9);

q

Significantly increased risk of second cancer in the descending colon (SIR: 6.5);

r

Significantly increased risk of penile cancer (SIR: 17.6);

s

Significantly increased risk of other leukemias (excluding lymphocytic leukemias and MAML) was significantly increased (SIR: 9.8);

t

Significant reduction in the risk of cancer of the pharynx (SIR: 0.41), specifically the hypopharynx (SIR:0.14);

u

Significant increase in risk of cancer of the hepatic flexure of the colon (SIR: 1.81);

v

Significantly increased risk of melanoma of the skin;

w

Significant increase in the risk of thyroid cancer (SIR: 3.3) and cancer of the adrenal glands (SIR: 5.6);

x

Significant increase in the risk of NHL.