Table 2 Sites of second malignancies
From: Second malignancies in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy: a study in Florence, Italy
Second cancer type | Numbers of total second cancer patients | Numbers of second cancer patients with radiotherapy |
|---|---|---|
Contralateral breast cancer | 261 | 103 |
Leukaemia | 8 | 7 |
Other type of cancers combined | 118 | 54 |
   Lung | 4 | 4 |
   Liver | 1 | 1 |
   Kidney | 6 | 3 |
   Adrenal gland | 1 | 0 |
   Thymus | 2 | 2 |
   Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 4 | 4 |
Bladder | 1 | 1 |
   Carcinoid | 1 | 1 |
   Thyroid | 1 | 0 |
   Larynx | 2 | 0 |
   Sarcoma | 1 | 0 |
   Tongue | 1 | 0 |
   Myeloma | 1 | 0 |
   Gastrointestinal |  |  |
Colorectal | 29 | 14 |
Esophagus | 1 | 1 |
Gastric | 18 | 8 |
Biliary tract | 1 | 1 |
Anus | 3 | 0 |
   Gynecologic |  |  |
Cervix corpus | 17 | 7 |
Cervix uteri | 6 | 2 |
Uterus | 1 | 1 |
Ovary | 7 | 3 |
   Skin |  |  |
Melanoma | 6 | 0 |
Non-melanoma | 1 | 1 |
Basel cell carcinoma | 2 | 0 |