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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 May 1;102(5):1661–1672. doi: 10.1210/jc.2016-2046

Table 5.

Cancer mortality and incidence risks at selected cancer sites, SAGhE cohort, by duration since first treatment and initial diagnosis leading to GH treatment

All initial diagnoses, total
Cancer mortality
Cancer incidenceb
Cancer site (outcome) Duration since first treatment (years) n SMRa (95% CI) n SIR (95% CI)
Colorectal cancer 0-9 1 10.2 (0.3-56.7) 2 4.2 (1.1-16.9)c
10-19 1 2.7 (0.1-15.1) 2 2.0 (0.5-7.9)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-45.2) 0 0.0 (0.0-16.4)
p trend 0.25 0.25
Bone cancer 0-9 9 8.5 (4.4-16.3)e 5 4.6 (1.9-11.0)c
10-19 3 4.6 (1.5-14.2)c 4 6.8 (2.6-18.1)d
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-114.7) 0 0.0 (0.0-86.2)
p trend 0.30 0.76
Melanoma 0-9 0 0.0 (0.0-25.2) 2 1.6 (0.4, 6.2)
10-19 1 2.1 (0.1-11.9) 7 1.9 (0.9, 4.0)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-45.4) 3 4.5 (1.4, 13.8)c
p trend 0.86 0.25
CNS 0-9 120 62.9 (52.6-75.2)e 15 6.2 (3.8-10.3)e
10-19 32 24.2 (17.1-34.3)e 13 7.2 (4.2-12.4)e
20-29 4 22.9 (8.6-61.0)e 1 4.7 (0.1-26.2)
p trend <0.001 0.90
Thyroid 0-9 0 0.0 (0.0-1284.3) 6 10.9 (4.9-24.2)e
10-19 1 78.1 (2.0-435.4)c 5 4.1 (1.7-9.8)c
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-1393.9) 1 4.4 (0.1-24.6)
p trend 0.98 0.14
Hodgkin lymphoma 0-9 0 0.0 (0.0-17.0) 0 0.0 (0.0-1.8)
10-19 0 0.0 (0.0-11.3) 6 2.7 (1.2-6.0)c
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-119.2) 2 9.6 (2.4-38.2)c
p trend - 0.001
Leukaemia 0-9 20 7.7 (5.0-11.9)e 4 2.0 (0.8-5.4)
10-19 7 4.7 (2.3-9.9)d 3 2.7 (0.9-8.4)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-32.6) 0 0.0 (0.0-30.5)
p trend 0.16 0.98
Initial diagnosis
cancer
Initial diagnosis
non-cancer
Cancer mortality
Cancer incidenceb
Cancer mortality
Cancer incidenceb
Cancer site (outcome) Duration since first treatment (years) n SMRa (95% CI) n SIR (95% CI) n SMRa (95% CI) n SIR (95% CI)
Colorectal cancer 0-9 1 74.4 (1.9-414.4)c 2 24.4 (6.1-97.6)d 0 0.0 (0.0-43.5) 0 0.0 (0.0-9.4)
10-19 0 0.0 (0.0-85.4) 0 0.0 (0.0-24.7) 1 3.1 (0.1-17.1) 2 2.3 (0.6-9.3)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-319.9) 0 0.0 (0.0-96.7) 0 0.0 (0.0-52.6) 0 0.0 (0.0-19.7)
p trend 0.11 0.06 0.97 0.75
Bone cancer 0-9 7 47.8 (22.8-100.3)e 3 14.8 (4.8-45.9)d 2 2.2 (0.5-8.7) 2 2.3 (0.6-9.0)
10-19 1 13.3 (0.3-74.2) 2 24.7 (6.2-98.8)d 2 3.5 (0.9-13.8) 2 3.9 (1.0-15.8)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-915.9) 0 0.0 (0.0-561.5) 0 0.0 (0.0-131.2) 0 0.0 (0.0-101.8)
p trend 0.19 0.82 0.76 0.74
Melanoma 0-9 0 0.0 (0.0-178.8) 1 4.3 (0.1-23.9) 0 0.0 (0.0-29.4) 1 0.9 (0.0-5.3)
10-19 0 0.0 (0.0-65.6) 2 3.8 (0.9-15.1) 1 2.4 (0.1-13.6) 5 1.6 (0.7-3.9)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-299.2) 2 18.9 (4.7-75.6)c 0 0.0 (0.0-53.5) 1 1.8 (0.0-9.8)
p trend - 0.22 0.86 0.64
CNS 0-9 118 503.2 (420.1-602.7)e 11 29.3 (16.2-52.9)e 2 1.2 (0.3-4.8) 4 2.0 (0.7-5.2)
10-19 31 207.3 (145.8-294.8)e 11 43.4 (24.0-78.3)e 1 0.9 (0.0-4.8) 2 1.3 (0.3-5.1)
20-29 4 155.1 (58.2-413.3)e 1 29.8 (0.8-165.9) 0 0.0 (0.0-24.8) 0 0.0 (0.0-20.6)
p trend <0.001 0.43 0.64 0.47
Thyroid 0-9 0 0.0 (0.0-10035.5) 5 51.3 (21.4-123.3)e 0 0.0 (0.0-1472.7) 1 2.2 (0.1-12.3)
10-19 1 772.6 (19.6-4304.7)d 4 22.5 (8.4-59.9)e 0 0.0 (0.0-320.7) 1 1.0 (0.0-5.3)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-10488.7) 1 28.4 (0.7-158.1) 0 0.0 (0.0-1607.5) 0 0.0 (0.0-19.3)
p trend 0.99 0.29 - 0.41
Hodgkin lymphoma 0-9 0 0.0 (0.0-123.2) 0 0.0 (0.0-9.3) 0 0.0 (0.0-19.8) 0 0.0 (0.0-2.3)
10-19 0 0.0 (0.0-95.4) 1 2.9 (0.4-20.7) 0 0.0 (0.0-12.8) 5 2.6 (1.1-6.3)c
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-887.9) 0 0.0 (0.0-116.5) 0 0.0 (0.0-137.7) 2 11.3 (2.8-45.1)c
p trend - 0.40 - 0.002
Leukaemia 0-9 18 55.7 (35.1-88.4)e 3 8.8 (2.9-27.4)c 2 0.9 (0.2-3.5) 1 0.6 (0.0-3.4)
10-19 5 29.9 (12.5-71.9)e 1 6.2 (0.2-34.3) 2 1.5 (0.4-6.1) 2 2.1 (0.5-8.4)
20-29 0 0.0 (0.0-239.3) 0 0.0 (0.0-186.3) 0 0.0 (0.0-37.7) 0 0.0 (0.0-36.5)
p trend 0.10 0.63 0.74 0.47

SMR = Standardised mortality ratio; SIR = Standardised incidence ratio; CI = Confidence interval

a

Using Swiss rates as expecteds for Germany, and Belgian rates as expecteds for both France and the Netherlands, for cancer sites for which sufficient detail was not available from home-country national rates.

b

Excluding France, Germany and Italy.

c

p<0.05

d

p<0.01

e

p<0.001

SMR = Standardised mortality ratio; SIR = Standardised incidence ratio; CI = Confidence interval

a

Using Swiss rates as expecteds for Germany, and Belgian rates as expecteds for both France and the Netherlands, for cancer sites for which sufficient detail was not available from home-country national rates.

b

Excluding France, Germany and Italy

c

p<0.05

d

p<0.01

e

p<0.001