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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014 Dec 31;21(4):738–745. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2014.12.028

Table 2. Ratio of observed to expected cases (O/E) of risk of new invasive cancer according to interval post-transplant.

Time since transplant

< 1 year 1-2 year 3-5 year
N subjects 4161 3464 2578
Person-years in risk 3849 3003 4608

New Cancer Site and ICD-O Code O O/E 99% CI O O/E 99% CI O O/E 99% CI

Nasopharynx C11 1 22.33 0.11-165.91 0 0.00 0.00-147.26 1 17.48 0.09-129.85
Esophagus C15 0 0.00 0.00-10.43 0 0.00 0.00-12.49 2 2.85 0.15-13.20
Colon C18 2 0.71 0.04-3.30 2 0.84 0.04-3.88 2 0.50 0.03-2.31
Rectum C19.20 0 0.00 0.00-3.95 1 0.90 0.004-6.66 1 0.54 0.003-4.04
Liver C22 0 0.00 0.00-11.34 0 0.00 0.00-13.75 2 3.18 0.16-14.75
Pancreas C25 0 0.00 0.00-5.89 2 2.63 0.14-12.20 1 0.79 0.004-5.84
Trachea, bronchus, lung C33 2 0.31 0.02-1.43 2 0.36 0.02-1.68 7 0.76 0.22-1.85
Other thoracic organs C37 0 0.00 0.00-168.71 0 0.00 0.00-207.75 0 0.00 0.00-129.04
Melanoma C43 4 2.81 0.47-8.84 8 6.91 2.22-16.04 3 1.61 0.18-5.88
Other skin C44 4 N/A 4 N/A 5 N/A
Soft tissue C47 1 4.86 0.02-1.89 1 5.91 0.03-43.92 1 3.63 0.02-26.95
Breast C50 2 0.41 0.02-1.89 0 0.00 0.00-1.31 5 0.78 0.17-2.21
Uterus C55 0 0.00 0.00-277.49 0 0.00 0.00-336.64 0 0.00 0.00-211.21
Ovary C56 2 3.98 0.21-18.44 0 0.00 0.00-12.72 0 0.00 0.00-7.89
Prostate C61 3 0.30 0.03-1.10 9 1.07 0.37-2.37 6 0.43 0.11-1.11
Kidney C64 1 0.89 0.004-6.62 0 0.00 0.00-5.73 4 2.66 0.45-8.37
Renal pelvis C65 1 17.53 0.09-130.25 0 0.00 0.00-108.42 0 0.00 0.00-63.46
Ureter C66 0 0.00 0.00-152.01 1 33.15 0.17-246.27 0 0.00 0.00-102.03
Bladder C67 1 0.55 0.002-4.05 0 0.00 0.00-3.38 0 0.00 0.00-1.99
Nervous system C70.72 0 0.00 0.00-11.42 1 2.63 0.01-19.59 1 1.63 0.01-14.37
Thyroid C73 0 0.00 0.00-12.44 0 0.00 0.00-56.12 1 1.93 0.01-14.37
Hodgkin disease C81 0 0.00 0.00-44.13 0 0.00 0.00-56.12 2 13.51 0.70-62.66
Non-Hodgkin disease C82 1 0.67 0.003-4.97 0 0.00 0.00-4.27 2 0.98 0.05-4.54
Lymphoid leukemia CC91 0 0.00 0.00-13.23 0 0.00 0.00-15.76 2 3.57 0.18-16.57
AML 0 0.00 0.00-13.49 0 0.00 0.00-16.02 4 7.23 1.22-22.77
MDS 3 N/A 5 N/A 12 N/A

Overall 27 0.64 0.37-1.03 35 0.99 0.61-1.51 61 1.05 0.73-1.45

Overall (excluding ‘skin’) 23 0.55 0.30-0.92 31 0.88 0.53-1.38 56 0.96 0.66-1.35

Time since transplant

6-10 11-20 Overall

Number of patients 820 110 4161

Person-year in risk 1769 158 13387

Secondary Cancer Site ICD –O code O O/E 99% CI O O/E 99% CI O O/E 99% CI

Nasopharynx 0 0.00 0.00-238.08 0 0.00 0.00-2510.28 2 12.32 0.64-57.12
Esophagus C15 1 3.39 0.02-25.18 0 0.00 0.00-180.73 3 1.53 0.17-5.60
Colon C18 2 1.14 0.06-5.30 0 0.00 0.00-29.09 8 0.72 0.23-1.67
Rectum C19.20 1 1.28 0.01-9.54 0 0.00 0.00-69.02 3 0.58 0.07-2.13
Liver C22 0 0.00 0.00-20.77 0 0.00 0.00-209.09 2 1.14 0.06-5.26
Pancreas C25 0 0.00 0.00-9.67 0 0.00 0.00-92.40 3 0.85 0.10-3.10
Trachea, bronchus, lung C33 3 0.75 0.08-2.74 0 0.00 0.00-12.86 14 0.55 0.24-1.05
Other thoracic organs C37 1 60.43 0.30-449.08 0 0.00 0.00-3318.32 1 8.61 0.04-63.98
Melanoma C43 3 3.80 0.43-13.91 1 14.12 0.07-104.93 19 3.58 1.82-6.29
Other skin C44 5 N/A 0 N/A 18 N/A
Soft tissue C47 0 0.00 0.00-45.52 0 0.00 0.00-470.11 3 3.85 0.43-14.10
Beast C50 3 1.12 0.13-4.12 0 0.00 0.00-19.38 10 0.55 0.20-1.17
Uterus C55 1 97.29 0.49-722.91 0 0.00 0.00-4826.66 1 14.03 0.07-104.22
Ovary C56 0 0.00 0.00-18.65 0 0.00 0.00-175.24 2 1.05 0.05-4.87
Prostate C61 2 0.34 0.02-1.56 2 3.34 0.17-15.50 22 0.56 0.30-0.95
Kidney C64 3 4.81 0.54-17.61 0 0.00 0.00-87.15 8 4.24 0.61-4.39
Renal pelvis C65 0 0.00 0.00-142.68 0 0.00 0.00-1429.66 1 1.34 0.02-34.27
Ureter C66 0 0.00 0.00-225.73 0 0.00 0.00-2218.64 1 7.00 0.04-52.02
Bladder C67 1 0.84 0.004-6.21 0 0.00 0.00-46.09 2 0.27 0.01-1.26
Nervous system C70.72 0 0.00 0.00-20.61 0 0.00 0.00-216.10 2 1.15 0.06-5.33
Thyroid C73 0 0.00 0.00-25.97 0 0.00 0.00-276.57 1 0.67 0.003-4.94
Hodgkin disease C81 0 0.00 0.00-91.85 0 0.00 0.00-1008.68 2 4.70 0.24-21.80
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma C82 0 1.15 0.01-8.56 1 11.79 0.06-87.61 4 0.87 0.22-2.45
Lymphoid leukemia C91 1 4.11 0.02-30.54 0 0.00 0.00-224.75 3 1.92 0.22-7.02
AML 2 8.28 0.43-38.41 2 83.14 4.30-385.50 8 5.19 1.67-12.04
MDS 6 N/A 1 N/A 27 N/A

Overall 34 1.38 0.84-2.11 6 2.50 0.62-6.29 163 1.00 0.81-1.22

Overall (excluding ‘skin’) 29 1.18 0.69-1.87 6 2.49 0.62-6.31 145 0.89 0.71-1.10

ICD-O refers to the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology;

Specific O/E ratios for MDS and “other skin cancers” not calculated – see methods section.