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. 2019 Mar 28;14(3):e0214410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214410

Table 4. RRs of second primary cancers after seminoma and non-seminoma.

Second cancer site Seminoma Non-seminoma
Cases RR1 95%CI2 Cases RR 95%CI
All (excluding testis) 445 1.28 1.16–1.40 183 1.43 1.24–1.66
Upper aerodigestive tract 8 0.75 0.37–1.50 4 0.89 0.34–2.38
Esophagus 9 2.17 1.13–4.18 0 -- --
Stomach 14 1.67 0.99–2.82 2 0.72 0.18–2.88
Colorectum 46 1.26 0.94–1.68 21 1.64 1.07–2.51
Liver 9 1.30 0.67–2.49 3 1.22 0.39–3.78
Pancreas 12 1.64 0.93–2.89 2 0.79 0.20–3.16
Lung 21 0.79 0.51–1.21 15 1.62 0.98–2.69
Prostate 115 1.11 0.92–1.33 38 1.22 0.88–1.67
Testis 123 23.30 19.49–27.86 66 11.61 9.11–14.80
Kidney 23 2.22 1.48–3.34 9 2.20 1.15–4.23
Urinary bladder 34 1.57 1.12–2.19 19 2.57 1.64–4.03
Melanoma 22 1.15 0.76–1.74 9 1.10 0.61–1.98
Skin, squamous cell 21 1.35 0.88–2.08 11 1.87 0.97–3.59
Eye 3 2.87 0.92–8.90 0 -- --
Nervous system 17 1.53 0.95–2.46 7 1.12 0.53–2.34
Thyroid gland 6 3.19 1.43–7.10 2 1.75 0.44–7.01
Endocrine glands 7 1.48 0.70–3.10 0 -- --
Connective tissue 6 2.39 1.07–5.32 4 3.08 1.16–8.23
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 26 1.96 1.33–2.88 10 1.73 0.93–3.21
Myeloma 5 1.05 0.44–2.51 4 2.36 0.89–6.29
Leukemia 21 1.96 1.28–3.00 10 2.16 1.16–4.02
 Acute myeloid leukemia 8 4.27 2.13–8.55 2 2.42 0.60–9.68
 Chronic myeloid leukemia 2 2.01 0.50–8.06 3 5.01 1.61–15.56
 Acute lymphoid leukemia 2 4.42 1.10–17.71 1 2.73 0.38–19.38
 Chronic lymphoid leukemia 6 1.55 0.69–3.45 1 0.75 0.10–5.29
 Others 3 1.14 0.37–3.53 3 2.62 0.84–8.12
CUP3 12 1.44 0.82–2.53 6 1.99 0.89–4.43

RR1 = relative risk, 95%CI2 = 95% confidence interval, bold font indicates that the lower limit of 95%CI does not include 1.00. CUP3 = cancer of unknown primary.