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. 2016 Feb 24;6:22084. doi: 10.1038/srep22084

Table 2. SIRs of second primary cancers in survivors of multiple myeloma (MM) in Germany and Sweden for overall and by study period*.

Sites of second cancers Germany
Sweden
1997–2003
2004–2010
Overall
1997–2003
2004–2010
Overall
N SIR 95%CI N SIR 95%CI N SIR 95%CI N SIR 95%CI N SIR 95%CI N SIR 95%CI
Stomach 9 1.2 (0.5–2.2) 21 1.3 (0.8–2.0) 41 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 5 1.3 (0.4–3.1) 2 0.9 (0.1–3.3) 8 1.4 (0.6–2.7)
Colorectum 35 1.3 (0.9–1.8) 33 0.5 (0.4–0.7) 104 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 20 1.0 (0.6–1.5) 22 1.1 (0.7–1.7) 57 1.3 (1.0–1.7)
Liver and gallbladder 4 0.9 (0.2–2.3) 15 1.4 (0.8–2.3) 23 1.0 (0.6–1.4) 3 1.4 (0.3–4.0) 1 2.8 (0.1–16) 6 1.5 (0.5–3.2)
Lung 18 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 41 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 84 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 9 1.0 (0.5–1.9) 6 1.6 (0.6–3.6) 22 1.3 (0.8–2.0)
Breast 13 0.6 (0.3–1.1) 34 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 69 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 11 0.9 (0.5–1.7) 9 1.0 (0.5–1.9) 30 1.1 (0.8–1.6)
Endometrium 4 1.0 (0.3–2.6) 3 0.4 (0.1–1.0) 8 0.4 (0.2–0.8) 2 1.0 (0.1–3.5) 0 0.0   5 1.0 (0.3–2.4)
Prostate 27 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 62 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 117 0.7 (0.6–0.9) 16 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 27 1.6 (1.1–2.4) 65 1.2 (0.9–1.6)
Kidney 10 1.6 (0.8–2.9) 16 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 35 1.1 (0.7–1.5) 8 2.9 (1.3–5.8) 7 1.8 (0.7–3.8) 17 2.3 (1.3–3.7)
Urinary bladder 6 0.7 (0.3–1.5) 9 0.5 (0.2–0.9) 23 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 3 0.7 (0.1–2.0) 10 1.5 (0.7–2.8) 19 1.0 (0.6–1.5)
Melanoma 8 2.2 (1.0–4.4) 12 0.7 (0.3–1.2) 31 1.3 (0.9–1.9) 6 1.3 (0.5–2.8) 9 1.3 (0.6–2.5) 22 1.4 (0.9–2.1)
Nervous system 4 2.3 (0.6–5.9) 5 1.2 (0.4–2.7) 12 1.3 (0.6–2.2) 9 2.0 (0.9–3.9) 5 1.2 (0.4–2.7) 17 1.9 (1.1–3.1)
Non–Hodgkin lymphoma 5 1.1 (0.3–2.5) 11 0.9 (0.4–1.6) 22 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 6 1.4 (0.5–3.1) 4 1.7 (0.5–4.3) 16 1.5 (0.9–2.5)
Leukemia 12 3.2 (1.6–5.6) 12 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 35 1.7 (1.2–2.4) 8 1.7 (0.7–3.4) 9 1.9 (0.9–3.5) 24 1.6 (1.0–2.4)
Myeloid leukemia 11 7.7 (3.8–14) 10 2.6 (1.3–4.9) 31 3.8 (2.6–5.4) 6 3.0 (1.1–6.5) 3 1.7 (0.3–4.8) 14 2.0 (1.1–3.3)
Acute myeloid leukemia 8 9.7 (4.2–19) 8 3.5 (1.5–6.9) 24 4.9 (3.2–7.3) 6 3.8 (1.4–8.3) 2 2.2 (0.3–7.8) 13 2.3 (1.2–4.0)
Chronic myeloid leukemia 1 2.3 (0.1–13) 0     1 0.5 (0.0–2.6) 0 0.0   0 0.0   0 0.0  
Unknown primary 2 0.6 (0.1–2.1) 11 1.4 (0.7–2.4) 16 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 6 1.0 (0.4–2.3) 2 1.6 (0.2–5.9) 10 1.5 (0.7–2.8)
Total combineda 193 1.2 (1.1–1.4) 350 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 752 0.9 (0.8–0.9) 124 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 124 1.3 (1.1–1.6) 349 1.3 (1.2–1.4)

Only cancers with at least 5 SPC cases (except interested subtypes of leukemia) are presented.

*Rounding off for SIRs above 10; Bold type (elevated risk) and underscored type (decreased risk): 95% CIs did not include 1.00.

aIncluding cancers not presented individually.