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Table 4 Crude all leukemia rates by initial treatment category (MDS, AML, CML, CLL, ALL)

From: Increased incidence of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia following breast cancer treatment with radiation alone or combined with chemotherapy: a registry cohort analysis 1990-2005

Treatment category

% (cases/no. in category) (95% CI)

2 years of follow up (n = 5790)

All patients

.45 (26/5790) (.29, .66)

Surgery only

.24 (1/418) (.01, 1.33)

Surgery/radiation

.54 (15/2764) (.30, .89)

Surgery/chemotherapy

.16 (1/640) (.00, .87)

Surgery/radiation/chemotherapy

.46 (9/1968) (.21, 1.64)

5 years of follow up (n = 4179)

All patients

.50 (21/4179) (.31, .77)

Surgery only

.45 (1/220) (.01, 2.51)

Surgery/radiation

.63 (13/2058) (.34, 1.08)

Surgery/chemotherapy

.22 (1/461) (.01, 1.20)

Surgery/radiation/chemotherapy

.42 (6/1440) (.15, .90)