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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Sep 10;22(3):1043–1049. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-4066-y

Table 3.

Standardized incidence ratios of secondary malignancy in patients diagnosed with primary thyroid cancer, stratified by follow-up intervals after diagnosis of primary malignancy. Bold typeface indicates p<0.05.

Time after diagnosis of primary malignancy
2–11 months 12–59 months 60–119 months ≥120 months Total
Obs/Exp SIR (95% CI) Obs/Exp SIR (95% CI) Obs/Exp SIR (95% CI) Obs/Exp SIR (95% CI) Obs/Exp SIR (95% CI)
Prostate 20/12 1.64 (1–2.5) 70/49 1.42 (1.1–1.8) 47/38 1.25 (0.9–1.7) 7/13 0.52 (0.2–1.1) 144/113 1.28 (1.1–1.5)
Urinary Bladder 4/2 1.75 (0.5–4.5) 8/10 0.84 (0.4–1.7) 5/8 0.65 (0.2–1.5) 2/3 0.69 (0.1–2.5) 19/22 0.84 (0.5–1.3)
Kidney 2/1 1.59 (0.2–5.8) 8/5 1.57 (0.7–3.1) 18/4 4.49 (2.7–7.1) 2/1.5 1.36 (0.2–4.9) 30/12 2.53 (1.7–3.6)
Colorectal 2/4 0.55 (0.1–2.0) 19/15 1.29 (0.8–2.0) 3/11 0.27 (0.1–0.8) 5/3.9 1.28 (0.4–3.0) 29/33 0.87 (0.6–1.3)
Lung and Bronchus 3/5 0.62 (0.1–1.8) 18/19 0.93 (0.6–1.5) 15/15 1.01 (0.6–1.7) 4/5 0.75 (0.2–1.9) 40/44 0.9 (0.6–1.2)
Esophagus 2/0.5 3.71 (0.5–13) 0/2 0 (0–1.7) 3/2 1.76 (0.4–5.2) 0/0.6 0 (0–6.0) 5/5.1 0.99 (0.3–2.3)
Pancreas 2/0.9 2.3 (0.3–8) 2/4 0.55 (0–2) 5/3 1.73 (0.6–4.0) 2/1 1.84 (0.2–6.6) 11/8.5 1.3 (0.7–2.3)
Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 1/0.16 6.18 (0.2–34) 0/0.6 0 (0–6) 0/0.4 0 (0–9) 0/0.1 0 (0–28) 1/1.3 0.77 (0–4.3)
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 4/1.6 2.48 (0.7–6.4) 13/7 2.00 (1.0–3.4) 6/5 1.2 (0.4–2.6) 1/1.8 0.55 (0.0–3.1) 24/14.9 1.61 (1.0–2.4)
Leukemia 0/0.99 0 (0–3.7) 9/4 2.21 (1.0–4.2) 4/3 1.26 (0.3–3.2) 1/1.2 0.86 (0.0–4.8) 14/9 1.49 (0.8–2.5)