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. 2014 Feb 15;14:94. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-94

Table 1.

Risk of SPC a by gender, age, year of first cancer diagnosis and follow-up, France 1989–2004 (N = 289,967)

    O E PYR SIR (95% CI) EAR b (95% CI)
All patients
21,226
15,555.59
1,440,960
1.36
(1.35-1.38)
39.4
(37.4-41.3)
Gender
Male
14,555
10,514.87
689,115
1.38
(1.36-1.41)
58.6
(55.2-62.1)
 
Female
6,671
5,040.73
751,845
1.32
(1.29-1.36)
21.7
(19.6-23.8)
Age at first cancer diagnosis
≤ 44 y
909
424.88
210,515
2.14
(2.00-2.28)
23.0
(20.2-25.9)
45 y-54 y
2,592
1,270.67
236,678
2.04
(1.96-2.12)
55.8
(51.7-60.1)
55 y-64 y
5,284
3,500.56
334,536
1.51
(1.47-1.55)
53.3
(49.1-57.6)
65 y-74 y
7,772
6,235.67
406,356
1.25
(1.22-1.27)
37.8
(33.6-42.1)
≥ 75
4,669
4,123.81
252,874
1.13
(1.10-1.17)
21.6
(16.3-26.9)
Year of first cancer diagnosis
1989-1994
7,512
5,406.49
517,048
1.39
(1.36-1.42)
40.7
(37.5-44.0)
1995-1999
7,679
5,634.00
520,856
1.36
(1.33-1.39)
39.3
(36.0-42.6)
2000-2004
6,035
4,515.10
403,057
1.34
(1.30-1.37)
37.7
(34.0-41.5)
Follow-up
≥ 2 m- < 1 y
3,170
2,280.81
213,502
1.39
(1.34-1.44)
41.6
(36.5-46.9)
 
≥ 1 y- < 2 y
3,034
2,229.98
210,970
1.36
(1.31-1.41)
38.1
(33.0-43.3)
 
≥ 2 y- < 4 y
4,983
3,665.14
343,730
1.36
(1.32-1.40)
38.3
(34.3-42.4)
 
≥ 4 y- < 6 y
3,504
2,614.81
241,999
1.34
(1.30-1.39)
36.7
(32.0-41.6)
 
≥ 6 y- < 8 y
2,522
1,815.96
166,357
1.39
(1.34-1.44)
42.4
(36.6-48.5)
 
≥ 8 y- < 10 y
1,664
1,239.15
112,267
1.34
(1.28-1.41)
37.8
(30.8-45.1)
  ≥ 10 y 2,349 1,709.75 152,135 1.37 (1.32-1.43) 42.0 (35.8-48.4)

SPC, second primary cancer; O, Observed; E, Expected; PYR, person-years at risk; SIR, standardized incidence ratio; EAR, excess absolute risk; CI, confidence interval; m, months; y, years.

aExcluding SPC occurring in the same subsite as the first primary cancer.

bNumber of excess cancers per 10,000 person-years at risk.