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. 2015 Dec 23;18(4):378–385. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2015.18.4.378

Table 4. Risk of some site specific second cancer related to HER2 status adjusted by age and calendar year at diagnosis of the primary breast cancer*.

Cases OR 95% CI p-value
Lung 15 1.28 0.10-17.8 0.853
Skin (not melanoma) 46 2.86 0.64-12.7 0.167
Digestive system 55 3.64 1.36-9.79 0.010
Genital system 42 3.12 0.83-11.7 0.092
Urinary system§ 16 3.60 0.12-653 0.629
Thyroid 11 9.70 0.70-135 0.090
Hematological 29 2.22 0.17-28.7 0.542
Contralateral BC 69 1.43 0.50-4.06 0.501

HER2 =human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; OR =odds ratio; CI=confidence interval; BC=breast cancer.

*Case control 1:5 matched by age group, stage, year of diagnosis of primary breast cancer, using risk set sampling; Multiple conditional logistic regression where the factors were adjusted by age and calendar year of diagnosis of primary breast cancer; Digestive system: esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, liver and pancreas; Genital system: cervix and corpus uteri, ovary, other female genital organs; §Urinary system: kidney and bladder; Hematological: Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia Hodgkin and, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, acute and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute and chronic myeloid leukemia, acute monocytic leukemia, myeloma, myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic syndrome.