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. 2012 Jun 19;107(3):549–555. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2012.270

Table 3. Multivariate Cox regression analyses for the association of risk of selected third non-BC (>10 cases, increased SIR overall) with BC treatment.

  All TNBCs Stomach Colorectal Lung Non-melanoma skin Endometrial Ovarian Kidney Haematological Head and neck
  HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
No. of patients 583 25 91 77 80 58 33 20 49 18
Age at first BC diagnosis (years)
 <50 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 50–64 1.3 (1.01.7) 2.5 (0.45–13.5) 3.5 (1.39.2) 1.0 (0.58–1.8) 1.9 (0.82–4.2) 2.1 (0.82–5.1) 0.63 (0.29–1.4) 1.2 (0.32–4.8) 1.6 (0.66–3.9) 0.45 (0.14–1.4)
 65+ 1.8 (1.42.3) 8.1 (1.543.8) 6.4 (2.417.1) 0.47 (0.230.95) 4.6 (2.010.6) 3.2 (1.28.3) 0.13 (0.030.49) 1.9 (0.46–8.1) 2.2 (0.87–5.6) 0.07 (0.110.39)
                     
Incidence year first BC 1.1 (1.01.1) 1.0 (0.91–1.1) 1.1 (1.01.2) 1.1 (1.01.2) 1.1 (1.11.2) 1.0 (0.93–1.1) 0.93 (0.84–1.0) 1.0 (0.88–1.1) 1.1 (1.011.2) 1.0 (0.91–1.2)
First BC
  Radiotherapy 1.1 (0.87–1.3) 1.8 (0.71–5.0) 0.69 (0.42–1.2) 0.93 (0.56–1.6) 1.5 (0.88–2.5) 0.69 (0.37–1.3) 1.4 (0.60–3.1) 1.6 (0.58–4.3) 1.6 (0.82–3.1) 2.9 (0.87–9.9)
  Chemotherapy 0.63 (0.450.87) 0.32 (0.03–3.2) 0.40 (0.11–1.5) 0.49 (0.21–1.2) 1.4 (0.61–3.3) 1.1 (0.41–3.2) 0.24 (0.05–1.1) 0.28 (0.03–2.4) 0.82 (0.29–2.3) 0.13 (0.01–1.2)
  Endocrine therapy 1.0 (0.82–1.3) 1.2 (0.43–3.5) 0.63 (0.34–1.2) 1.2 (0.66–2.3) 0.69 (0.37–1.3) 1.4 (0.70–2.7) 1.2 (0.38–3.5) 1.7 (0.60–5.0) 0.62 (0.27–1.4) 2.0 (0.54–7.3)
                     
Second BC
  Radiotherapy 1.3 (1.11.6) 1.6 (0.63–4.2) 1.4 (0.8–2.4) 1.5 (0.89–2.5) 1.1 (0.68–1.9) 1.3 (0.69–2.4) 1.8 (0.82–4.0) 0.90 (0.33–2.5) 1.1 (0.56–2.1) 0.74 (0.26–2.1)
  Chemotherapy 0.93 (0.67–1.3) 2.3 (0.38–14.0) 0.80 (0.25–2.6) 0.58 (0.25–1.4) 0.55 (0.19–1.6) 0.95 (0.31–2.9) 0.95 (0.33–2.7) 2.1 (0.48–8.8) 0.70 (0.22–2.2) 0.54 (0.10–2.8)
  Endocrine therapy 1.2 (1.01.5) 0.66 (0.22–2.0) 1.5 (0.87–2.5) 1.08 (0.61–1.9) 1.6 (0.94–2.7) 1.5 (0.81–2.9) 0.57 (0.20–1.7) 2.3 (0.86–6.1) 2.0 (1.13.9) 3.3 (1.1–10.4)

Abbreviations: BC=breast cancer; CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio; SIR=standardised incidence ratio; TNBC=third non-breast cancer.

Bold entries denote statistical significance.