Table 1.
Certainty assessment | Certainty | ||||||
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No of studies | Study design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | |
Second primary malignancies | |||||||
8 | Observational studies | Serious | Not serious | Not serious | Serious | Dose–response gradient |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |
Secondary hematologic malignancies | |||||||
3 | Observational studies | Not serious | Not serious | Not serious | Serious | Dose–response gradient |
⨁⨁◯◯ LOW |
Dose response gradient | |||||||
8 | Observational studies | Serious | Not serious | Not serious | Serious | Dose–response gradient |
⨁◯◯◯ VERY LOW |