Distribution and risk of the second discordant primary cancers combined after a specific first primary cancer in German and Swedish cancer registries. Issue 1 (1st December 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Tianhui; Fallah, Mahdi; Jansen, Lina; Castro, Felipe A.; Krilavicuite, Agne; Katalinic, Alexander; Eisemann, Nora; Emrich, Katharina; Holleczek, Bernd; Geiss, Karla; Eberle, Andrea; Sundquist, Jan; Brenner, Hermann; Hemminki, Kari; GEKID Cancer Survival Working Group, 1
• Is Part Of: Cancer letters. Volume 369:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 152
• Page End: 166
• Publication Date: 2015-12-01
• Subjects: Cancer -- Periodicals; Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 616.994
• DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.08.014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0304-3835

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab0010"> <title id="st0010">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0010"> <list id="ulist0010"> <list-item id="u0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0010">We used huge databases (covering 27 million Germans and 9 million Swedes).</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0015">We found elevated risk of SDPCs combined after 19 cancers in both countries.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0020">Our data suggest common etiology of SDPCs after most of first primary cancers.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0025">Our data suggest similar registration practices for most SDPCs in both countries.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="u0030"> <label></label> <p id="p0030">Decreased risk after fatal cancers in Germany may be due to reporting practices.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>