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Table 1 Patient characteristics (number of persons, total person-years at risk of subsequent primary cancer, median age at diagnosis of first primary cancer, and median person-years at risk of subsequent primary cancer according to site of first tobacco-related primary cancer and sex; Bavaria; 2002 – 2008)

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

 

Men

Women

Site of first primary cancer

n

Median age

Sum PY

Median PY

n

Median age

Sum PY

Median PY

mouth and pharynx

8,579

60

17,901

1.4

2,673

64

5,942

1.7

oesophagus

4,084

65

4,759

0.6

959

70

983

0.5

stomach

9,613

72

12,593

0.6

7,896

78

9,810

0.5

colon and rectum

34,663

70

74,122

1.7

29,262

75

58,642

1.4

pancreas

6,961

70

4,183

0.3

7,364

76

3,992

0.2

larynx

2,916

64

6,989

1.9

356

63

829

1.8

bronchus and lung

25,733

69

22,923

0.3

11,087

68

11,301

0.5

kidney

7,760

67

17,985

1.8

5,192

72

11,581

1.8

urinary tract

1,135

73

1,923

1.0

795

76

1,429

1.2

urinary bladder

14,726

72

35,950

2.0

5,654

76

12,241

1.5

leukemia

5,461

69

9,116

0.8

4,648

74

6,565

0.3

all cancer sites combined

121,631

69

208,444

1.0

75,886

74

123,315

0.8

  1. n, number of persons; median age, median age at diagnosis of first primary cancer; PY, person-years at risk of subsequent primary cancer; sum PY, total person-years at risk of subsequent primary cancer; median PY, median person-years at risk of subsequent primary cancer.