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Table 5 Cancer treatment according to site of first primary cancer in Germany (Munich Cancer Registry [1977–1993] unless mentioned otherwise; data sources,[32, 33])

From: Risk of tobacco-related multiple primary cancers in Bavaria, Germany

 

Treatment of first primary cancer

Site of first primary cancer

Only surg

Only radio

Only chemo

Surg + radio

Surg + chemo

Surg + other therapy

Radio + chemo

Surg + radio + chemo

Other therapy

Row sum

mouth

32%

13%

3%

32%

1%

/

13%

6%

/

100%

oropharynx

10%

21%

2%

37%

1%

/

19%

12%

/

100%

oesophagus

33%

21%

/

12%

/

/

20%

/

14%

100%

stomach

90%

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

10%

100%

colon

92%

/

/

/

8%

/

/

/

/

100%

rectum

80%

/

/

9%

5%

/

/

7%

/

100%

pancreas

100%

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

100%

larynx

38%

20%

/

37%

/

/

/

5%

/

100%

non-small cell trachea/bronchus/lung

40%

25%

6%

/

/

/

/

/

30%

100%

small cell trachea/bronchus/lung

6%

7%

46%

/

/

/

/

/

41%

100%

kidney

100% 12

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

100%

urinary bladder

100% 3

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

/

100%

leukemia

/

/

100% 14

/

/

/

/

/

/

100

%

  1. surg, surgery; radio, radiotherapy; chemo, chemotherapy; bold type, the three most frequent treatments in each cancer site; 1treatment recommended by Deutsche Krebsgesellschaft (2008); 2treatment with curative intent only; 3invasive cancer only; 4including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; due to rounding error, row percentages do not always add up to 100 percent.