Table 2 Standardized incidence ratios categorised by either a second breast cancer diagnosis or a second primary cancer other than breast cancer, by time intervals after first diagnosis of breast cancer

From: Multiple primary tumours in women following breast cancer, 1973–2000

 

Less than 10 years after initial breast cancer

10–19 years after initial breast cancer

20–29 years after initial breast cancer

 

Second primary breast cancer

Second primary non-breast cancer

Second primary breast cancer

Second primary non-breast cancer

Second primary - breast cancer

Second primary - non-breast cancer

Age in years

SIR

95% CI

SIR

95% CI

SIR

95% CI

SIR

95% CI

SIR

95% CI

SIR

95% CI

20–29

48.4

(46.5, 50.3)

8.90

(8.3, 9.6)

11.5

(10.6, 12.4)

1.46

(1.3, 1.2)

0.2

(0.2, 0.3)

0.5

(0.4, 0.6)

30–39

44.1

(42.3, 45.9)

2.79

(2.6, 3.0)

2.1

(1.9, 2.3)

1.35

(1.2, 1.5)

0.3

(0.2, 0.3)

0.3

(0.3, 0.4)

40–49

12.1

(11.6, 12.6)

4.08

(3.8, 4.3)

1.3

(1.2, 1.4)

0.88

(0.8, 1.0)

0.3

(0.2, 0.3)

0.0

(0.0, 0.05)

50–59

10.9

(10.6, 11.3)

4.75

(4.6, 5.0)

1.5

(1.4, 1.6)

0.99

(0.9, 1.1)

0.1

(0.1, 0.2)

0.2

(0.2, 0.2)

60–69

6.4

(6.2, 6.6)

2.99

(2.9, 3.1)

0.4

(0.3, 0.4)

0.50

(0.5, 0.5)

0.1

(0.1, 0.1)

0.1

(0.1, 0.2)

70+

1.8

(1.8, 1.9)

1.60

(1.5, 1.7)

0.2

(0.2, 0.2)

0.30

(0.3, 0.3)

0.1

(0.1, 0.1)

0.1

(0.1, 0.1)