Associations between first and second primary cancers: a population-based study

Sune F Nielsen; Børge G Nordestgaard; Stig E Bojesen

doi:10.1503/cmaj.110167

Associations between first and second primary cancers: a population-based study

Sune F Nielsen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Stig E Bojesen

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Abstract

Patients surviving certain types of cancer are at increased risk of a second primary cancer. We tested the hypothesis that excess risk of a second primary cancer is due mainly to excess risk of it being the same type of cancer as the first, rather than to excess risk of it being a different type.

Original language	English
Journal	C M A J
Volume	184
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	E57-69
ISSN	0820-3946
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.110167
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Confidence Intervals
Denmark
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Neoplasms, Second Primary
Population Surveillance
Probability
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Young Adult

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