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Table 1 Number of second primary cancers and person-years of follow up

From: Second primary cancer risk - the impact of applying different definitions of multiple primaries: results from a retrospective population-based cancer registry study

Time since primary cancer diagnosis

Second cancers* (n)

Person-years (years)

Crude rate (per 100 person-years)

Standarised rate† (per 100 person-years)

0 days

487

0

-

-

1- 60 days

342

8605

4.0

2.1

61 days - 1 year

455

33365

1.4

0.7

>1 -5 years

1682

103464

1.6

0.8

0-5 years

2966

145435

2.0

1.0

  1. *excluding non-melanoma skin cancer.
  2. †age & sex standardised (European standard population ages 15 to 85+).