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. 2013 May;23(5):575–582. doi: 10.1089/thy.2011.0406

Table 4.

Standardized Incidence Ratios of Selected Second Cancer Risk in Thyroid Cancer Patients by Histology and Year of Diagnosis

 
Histologic subtypes
 
Papillary
Follicular
Medullary
Anaplastic
Site n SIR [CI] n SIR [CI] n SIR [CI] n SIR [CI]
All sites 3405 1.09 [1.06–1.13] 764 1.06 [0.99–1.14] 117 0.9 [0.74–1.06] 11 1.93 [0.96–3.44]
 Salivary 29 3.78 [2.53–5.43] 2 0 0
 Kidney 161 2.26 [1.93–2.64] 37 2.35 [1.65–3.24] 1 2
 Breast 835 1.14 [1.06–1.22] 153 1.07 [0.91–1.25] 28 1.16 [0.77–1.68] 0
 Prostate 385 1.26 [1.14–1.39] 99 1.18 [0.96–1.43] 13 0.81 [0.43–1.38] 1
 Melanoma of the skin 164 1.31 [1.12–1.53] 24 1.03 [0.66–1.53] 8 1.84 [0.79–3.62] 1
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 138 1.12 [0.94–1.32] 27 0.97 [0.64–1.41] 10 1.95 [0.94–3.59] 0
 Thyroid 104 1.46 [1.19–1.77] 25 2.31 [1.5–3.42] 8 4.44 [1.92–8.74] 0
 Leukemia 106 1.48 [1.21–1.78] 22 1.25 [0.78–1.89] 1 2
 Myeloma 58 1.63 [1.24–2.11] 13 1.42 [0.76–2.44] 2 0
 Brain 52 1.46 [1.09–1.92] 9 1.21 [0.55–2.29] 1 0
 
Year of diagnosis
 
1973–1983
1984–1993
1994–2003
2004–2008
Site N SIR [CI] N SIR [CI] N SIR [CI] N SIR [CI]
All sites 1612 1.02 [0.97–1.07] 1375 1.03 [0.97–1.08] 1192 1.21 [1.14–1.28] 278 1.45 [1.28–1.62]
 Salivary 10 2.68 [1.28–4.93] 4 11 4.37 [2.18–7.83] 6 12.08 [4.43–26.29]
 Kidney 77 2.37 [1.87–2.96] 61 2.07 [1.58–2.65] 58 2.33 [1.77–3.01] 17 3.13 [1.83–5.02]
 Breast 394 1.13 [1.02–1.25] 318 1.06 [0.95–1.18] 280 1.21 [1.08–1.37] 49 1.09 [0.81–1.45]
 Prostate 163 1.09 [0.93–1.27] 182 1.28 [1.1–1.48] 141 1.32 [1.11–1.56] 25 1.21 [0.78–1.78]
 Melanoma of the skin 56 1.09 [0.82–1.41] 64 1.27 [0.98–1.63] 61 1.34 [1.03–1.73] 19 1.95 [1.18–3.05]
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 62 1.03 [0.79–1.32] 57 1.08 [0.82–1.4] 58 1.44 [1.09–1.86] 8 1.02 [0.44–2]
 Thyroid 29 1.21 [0.81–1.74] 43 1.63 [1.18–2.2] 45 1.59 [1.16–2.12] 24 3.49 [2.23–5.19]
 Leukemia 41 1.08 [0.78–1.47] 35 1.13 [0.79–1.57] 50 2.2 [1.63–2.9] 8 1.88 [0.81–3.7]
 Myeloma 23 1.22 [0.77–1.83] 25 1.61 [1.04–2.38] 21 1.85 [1.14–2.83] 6 2.73 [1–5.93]
 Brain 24 1.37 [0.87–2.03] 24 1.64 [1.05–2.43] 13 1.16 [0.62–1.98] 2