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

Table 3. SIRs of second primary cancers in survivors of multiple myeloma (MM) by age at diagnosis of first MM in Germany and Sweden*.

Sites of second cancers Germany
Sweden
<65 yrs
65–74 yrs
≥75 yrs
<65 yrs
65–74 yrs
≥75 yrs
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 18 2.4 (1.4–3.8) 11 0.8 (0.4–1.4) 12 0.8 (0.4–1.4) 0 0.0   2 2.3 (0.3–8.4) 6 1.3 (0.5–2.8)
Colorectum 24 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 41 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 39 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 8 1.0 (0.4–1.9) 19 1.5 (0.9–2.3) 30 1.3 (0.9–1.9)
Liver and gallbladder 2 0.4 (0.0–1.4) 13 1.3 (0.7–2.3) 8 0.9 (0.4–1.8) 0 0.0   1 1.3 (0.0–7.2) 5 1.6 (0.5–3.7)
Lung 23 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 36 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 25 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 10 1.4 (0.7–2.6) 7 1.3 (0.5–2.7) 5 1.1 (0.3–2.5)
Breast 21 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 28 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 20 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 12 0.8 (0.4–1.5) 10 1.7 (0.8–3.0) 8 1.3 (0.6–2.5)
Endometrium 4 0.8 (0.2–2.0) 2 0.3 (0.0–0.9) 2 0.3 (0.0–1.1) 4 1.5 (0.4–3.9) 0 0.0   1 0.6 (0.0–3.4)
Prostate 26 0.6 (0.4–0.9) 63 0.8 (0.6–1.1) 28 0.7 (0.4–1.0) 17 1.1 (0.6–1.7) 21 1.4 (0.9–2.2) 27 1.2 (0.8–1.7)
Kidney 18 1.9 (1.1–3.0) 13 1.0 (0.5–1.6) 4 0.4 (0.1–1.1) 4 4.2 (1.1–11) 6 2.1 (0.8–4.5) 7 2.0 (0.8–4.1)
Urinary bladder 5 0.7 (0.2–1.5) 8 0.5 (0.2–0.9) 10 0.6 (0.3–1.1) 2 1.3 (0.2–4.5) 9 1.4 (0.6–2.6) 8 0.7 (0.3–1.4)
Melanoma 11 1.5 (0.8–2.7) 13 1.4 (0.8–2.4) 7 1.0 (0.4–2.1) 2 0.8 (0.1–3.0) 18 1.5 (0.9–2.4) 2 1.3 (0.2–4.7)
Nervous system 6 1.9 (0.7–4.1) 5 1.3 (0.4–3.0) 1 0.4 (0.0–2.4) 5 2.0 (0.6–4.6) 6 1.3 (0.5–2.8) 6 4.0 (1.5–8.6)
Non–Hodgkin lymphoma 5 0.8 (0.3–1.8) 11 1.1 (0.5–1.9) 6 0.7 (0.2–1.4) 3 1.1 (0.2–3.3) 4 1.3 (0.4–3.4) 9 1.9 (0.9–3.6)
Leukemia 20 4.2 (2.5–6.4) 11 1.4 (0.7–2.4) 4 0.6 (0.2–1.4) 6 1.7 (0.6–3.8) 9 2.0 (0.9–3.8) 9 1.3 (0.6–2.5)
Myeloid leukemia 19 11 (6.3–16) 8 2.5 (1.1–4.9) 4 1.3 (0.4–3.4) 3 1.3 (0.3–3.9) 7 2.5 (1.0–5.2) 4 1.9 (0.5–4.8)
Acute myeloid leukemia 15 14 (8.0–24) 6 3.1 (1.1–6.8) 3 1.7 (0.3–4.9) 3 1.5 (0.3–4.3) 7 2.9 (1.2–6.0) 3 2.7 (0.6–7.9)
Chronic myeloid leukemia 0 0.0   1 1.2 (0.0–6.8) 0     0 0.0   0 0.0   0 0.0  
Unknown primary 6 1.7 (0.6–3.7) 4 0.6 (0.2–1.6) 6 0.8 (0.3–1.8) 3 1.5 (0.3–4.3) 0 0.0   7 1.9 (0.8–3.9)
Total combineda 245 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 305 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 202 0.7 (0.6–0.8) 87 1.2 (1.0–1.5) 124 1.4 (1.2–1.7) 138 1.2 (1.0–1.5)

Only cancers shown in Table 2 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.