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. 2014 Apr 18;14:272. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-272

Table 5.

Standardised incidence ratios of second primary cancer by time since diagnosis

 
 
 
Registry
IARC/IACR
SEER
Registry‡
First primary cancer   Time since diagnosis SIR (95% CI) SIR (95% CI) SIR (95% CI) SIR (95% CI)
Lung cancer (C33-34)
 
61 days- < 1 year
0.55
(0.39, 0.76)
0.47
(0.32, 0.66)
0.38
(0.27, 0.53)
0.58
(0.39, 0.82)
 
1-5 years
0.98
(0.78, 1.22)
0.88
(0.69, 1.11)
0.95
(0.75, 1.18)
1.04
(0.81, 1.32)
Colorectal cancer (C18-20)
 
61 days- < 1 year
0.79
(0.61, 1.00)
0.73
(0.56, 0.94)
0.78
(0.60, 0.99)
0.81
(0.61, 1.04)
 
1-5 years
0.93
(0.82, 1.05)
0.86
(0.75, 0.98)
0.93
(0.82, 1.05)
0.88
(0.77, 1.01)
Prostate cancer (C61)
 
61 days- < 1 year
0.77
(0.61, 0.96)
0.75
(0.59, 0.94)
0.75
(0.59, 0.94)
0.94
(0.74, 1.18)
 
1-5 years
0.69
(0.61, 0.78)
0.69
(0.61, 0.78)
0.69
(0.61, 0.78)
0.87
(0.77, 0.98)
Breast cancer (C50)
age < 50
61 days- < 1 year
1.05
(0.29, 2.70)
0.53
(0.06, 1.90)
0.79
(0.16, 2.31)
1.11
(0.23, 3.25)
 
1-5 years
2.32
(1.71, 3.07)
1.11
(0.70, 1.66)
2.22
(1.63, 2.96)
1.77
(1.15, 2.62)
Breast cancer (C50)
age ≥ 50
61 days- < 1 year
0.75
(0.56, 0.98)
0.65
(0.47, 0.87)
0.68
(0.50, 0.90)
0.84
(0.61, 1.13)
 
1-5 years
0.91
(0.80, 1.02)
0.70
(0.61, 0.81)
0.88
(0.77, 1.00)
1.16
(1.02, 1.32)
Head & neck (C00-C14, C30-C32)  
61 days- < 1 year
1.33
(0.91, 1.88)
1.25
(0.84, 1.78)
1.29
(0.88, 1.83)
1.05
(0.67, 1.56)
  1-5 years 2.10 (1.80, 2.44) 2.02 (1.73, 2.36) 2.07 (1.77, 2.41) 1.94 (1.64, 2.27)

‡excluding same site.

Abbreviations:SEER Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results, IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer, IACR International Association of Cancer Registries, SIR standardised incidence ratio, CI confidence interval.