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. 2021 Jan 27;6(1):100044. doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2020.100044

Table 1.

Description of the patients and treatments received for the first primary cancer before the second primary cancer

Cytotoxics only
Cytotoxics and immunotherapy
Immunotherapy only
Neither cytotoxics nor immunotherapy
All patients
n = 16 997
n = 1131
n = 32
n = 28 669
N = 46 829
n % n % n % n % n %
Sex
 Female 9657 (56.8%) 426 (37.7%) 14 (43.8%) 16 628 (58.0%) 26 725 (57.1%)
 Male 7340 (43.2%) 705 (62.3%) 18 (56.3%) 12 041 (42.0%) 20 104 (42.9%)
Age of cancer 1
 n 16 997 1131 32 28 669 46 829
 Mean (SE) 57.7 (18.6) 59.6 (12.6) 50.8 (19.0) 57.2 (18.8) 57.5 (18.6)
 Median (min; max) 60.9 (0; 100) 60.9 (0; 90) 54.9 (10; 77) 60.0 (0; 115) 60.4 (0; 115)
 Q1-Q3 48.1-70.4 52.0-67.8 43.8-65.1 46.1-70.5 47.1-70.4
Classes of age for first cancera
 <30 1436 (8.4%) 24 (2.1%) 5 (15.6%) 2597 (9.1%) 4062 (8.7%)
 30-60 6737 (39.6%) 509 (45.0%) 14 (43.8%) 11 717 (40.9%) 18 977 (40.5%)
 >60 8824 (51.9%) 598 (52.9%) 13 (40.6%) 14 355 (50.1%) 23 790 (50.8%)
Cancer sites
 Breast 4809 (28.3%) 33 (2.9%) 1 (3.1%) 6857 (23.9%) 11700 (25.0%)
 Lung 2125 (12.5%) 486 (43.0%) 11 (34.4%) 2084 (7.3%) 4706 (10.0%)
 Head & neck 929 (5.5%) 167 (14.8%) 5 (15.6%) 2286 (8.0%) 3387 (7.2%)
 Gynecological 1105 (6.5%) 62 (5.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1967 (6.9%) 3134 (6.7%)
 Digestive 1445 (8.5%) 53 (4.7%) 1 (3.1%) 1498 (5.2%) 2997 (6.4%)
 Connective tissue 646 (3.8%) 19 (1.7%) 0 (0.0%) 2253 (7.9%) 2918 (6.2%)
 Colorectal 1099 (6.5%) 30 (2.7%) 1 (3.1%) 1545 (5.4%) 2675 (5.7%)
 Prostate 643 (3.8%) 11 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1732 (6.0%) 2386 (5.1%)
 Urothelial 434 (2.6%) 142 (12.6%) 1 (3.1%) 837 (2.9%) 1414 (3.0%)
 Thyroid 220 (1.3%) 7 (0.6%) 0 (0.0%) 1106 (3.9%) 1333 (2.8%)
 Skin cancer 149 (0.9%) 57 (5.0%) 0 (0.0%) 713 (2.5%) 919 (2.0%)
 Others 3393 (20.0%) 64 (5.7%) 12 (37.5%) 5791 (20.2%) 9260 (19.8%)
Metastatic at diagnosis
 No 10 199 (60.0%) 492 (43.5%) 31 (96.9%) 28 669 (100.0%) 39 391 (84.1%)
 Yes 6798 (40.0%) 639 (56.5%) 1 (3.1%) 0 (0.0%) 7438 (15.9%)
Second primary cancer
 No 16 560 (97.4%) 1125 (99.5%) 31 (96.9%) 27 283 (95.2%) 44 999 (96.1%)
 Yes 437 (2.6%) 6 (0.5%) 1 (3.1%) 1386 (4.8%) 1830 (3.9%)
 Histotypes (second cancer)
 Head & neck 47 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 185 (0.6%) 232 (0.5%)
 Sarcoma 43 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 153 (0.5%) 196 (0.4%)
 Lung 40 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 140 (0.5%) 180 (0.4%)
 Breast 54 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 104 (0.4%) 158 (0.3%)
 Digestiveb 36 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (3.1%) 99 (0.3%) 136 (0.3%)
 Skin 30 (0.2%) 1 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 83 (0.3%) 114 (0.2%)
 Colorectal 22 (0.1%) 3 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%) 69 (0.2%) 94 (0.2%)
 Gynecological 19 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 70 (0.2%) 89 (0.2%)
 Urothelial 12 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 53 (0.2%) 65 (0.1%)
 Thyroid 11 (0.1%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 38 (0.1%) 49 (0.1%)
 Prostate 4 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 31 (0.1%) 35 (0.1%)
 Other 119 (0.7%) 2 (0.2%) 0 (0.0%) 361 (1.3%) 482 (1.0%)

SE, standard error.

a

Adults and children treated in the Centre Léon Bérard were all included in this analysis.

b

Digestive: non-colorectal carcinoma (CRC).