Skip to main content
. 2016 Feb 24;6:22084. doi: 10.1038/srep22084

Table 4. SIRs of second primary cancers in survivors of multiple myeloma (MM) by follow–up time after first MM in Germany and Sweden*.

Sites of second cancers Germany
Sweden
<1 yr
1–4 yrs
≥5 yrs
<1 yr
1–4 yrs
≥5 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 9 0.9 (0.4–1.6) 21 1.0 (0.6–1.6) 11 1.7 (0.9–3.1) 1 0.5 (0.0–2.8) 7 1.9 (0.8–3.9) 0    
Colorectum 18 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 60 0.8 (0.6–1.0) 26 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 13 1.0 (0.5–1.8) 38 1.6 (1.1–2.1) 6 0.9 (0.3–1.9)
Liver and gallbladder 5 0.8 (0.3–1.8) 14 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 4 0.9 (0.3–2.4) 2 1.8 (0.2–6.5) 3 1.6 (0.3–4.6) 1 0.9 (0.0–5.2)
Lung 24 0.8 (0.5–1.3) 41 0.7 (0.5–1.0) 19 1.1 (0.6–1.7) 7 1.6 (0.6–3.3) 9 1.1 (0.5–2.1) 6 1.3 (0.5–2.9)
Breast 7 0.3 (0.1–0.6) 49 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 13 0.8 (0.4–1.3) 5 0.8 (0.2–1.8) 19 1.2 (0.7–1.9) 6 1.3 (0.5–2.8)
Endometrium 5 0.9 (0.3–2.2) 3 0.3 (0.1–0.8) 0     0     3 1.4 (0.3–4.1) 2 1.2 (0.1–4.2)
Prostate 37 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 55 0.6 (0.5–0.8) 25 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 22 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 28 1.1 (0.7–1.6) 15 1.6 (0.9–2.6)
Kidney 10 1.1 (0.5–2.1) 18 1.0 (0.6–1.6) 7 1.2 (0.5–2.5) 7 3.1 (1.2–6.4) 10 1.9 (0.9–3.6) 0    
Urinary bladder 5 0.4 (0.1–1.0) 13 0.6 (0.3–1.0) 5 0.7 (0.2–1.6) 5 1.0 (0.3–2.2) 8 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 6 1.4 (0.5–3.0)
Melanoma 6 1.0 (0.3–2.1) 18 1.4 (0.8–2.2) 7 1.7 (0.7–3.4) 1 0.3 (0.0–1.4) 16 1.9 (1.1–3.2) 5 1.5 (0.5–3.5)
Nervous system 3 1.2 (0.2–3.5) 7 1.4 (0.6–2.8) 2 1.2 (0.1–4.2) 6 3.0 (1.1–6.6) 8 1.4 (0.6–2.7) 3 3.2 (0.7–9.5)
Non–Hodgkin lymphoma 11 1.5 (0.8–2.8) 8 0.6 (0.2–1.1) 3 0.7 (0.1–1.9) 1 0.4 (0.0–2.0) 13 2.2 (1.2–3.7) 2 1.3 (0.2–4.5)
Leukemia 8 1.4 (0.6–2.8) 18 1.6 (1.0–2.6) 9 2.5 (1.2–4.8) 7 1.7 (0.7–3.5) 13 1.8 (1.0–3.1) 4 1.1 (0.3–2.9)
Myeloid leukemia 6 2.7 (1.0–5.8) 16 3.7 (2.1–5.9) 9 6.3 (2.9–12) 2 1.4 (0.2–5.0) 9 2.3 (1.0–4.3) 3 1.8 (0.4–5.2)
Acute myeloid leukemia 4 3.0 (0.8–7.7) 13 5.0 (2.7–8.6) 7 8.2 (3.3–17) 2 1.9 (0.2–6.8) 8 2.7 (1.2–5.4) 3 2.0 (0.4–5.8)
Chronic myeloid leukemia 1 1.7 (0.0–9.3) 0 0.0   0 0.0   0 0.0   0 0.0   0    
Unknown primary 5 1.0 (0.3–2.4) 9 0.9 (0.4–1.8) 2 0.6 (0.1–2.3) 2 0.9 (0.1–3.1) 7 1.7 (0.7–3.6) 1 6.1 (0.2–34)
Total combineda 198 0.8 (0.7–1.0) 402 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 152 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 88 1.1 (0.9–1.4) 199 1.4 (1.2–1.6) 62 1.3 (1.0–1.7)

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.