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Table 1 The characteristic differences in the SPCRC

From: Second primary colorectal cancer after the initial primary colorectal cancer

Site group

RCC

LCC

P value

Rectal cancer

Number

2144 (43.1%)

1262 (25.4%)

 

1430 (28.7%)

Mean Age development of 2nd cancer (years)

76.0

74.0

0.146

70.0

Sex

  

0.113

 

 Male

1017 (48.1%)

689 (54.6%)

 

813 (56.9%)

 Female

1097 (51.9%)

573 (45.4%)

 

617 (43.1%)

Race

 Black

236 (11.2%)

147 (11.6%)

 

190 (13.3%)

 White

1563 (73.9%)

873 (69.2%)

 

882 (61.7%)

 Hispanic/Latino

141 (6.7%)

115 (9.1%)

 

172 (12.0%)

 Asian or Pacific Islander and others

173 (8.2%)

126 (10.0%)

 

182 (12.7%)

 Unknown

1 (0.1%)

1 (0.1%)

 

4 (0.3%)

SEER staging

 Localized

1066 (50.%)

558 (44.2%)

0.061

660 (46.2%)

 Regional

670 (31.7%)

373 (29.6%)

 

341 (23.8%)

 Distant

245 (11.6%)

218 (17.3%)

 

218 (15.2%)

 Unknown

133 (6.3%)

113 (9.0%)

 

211 (14.8%)

Surgery

 No

219 (10.4%)

180 (14.3%)

 

405 (28.3%)

 Yes

1892 (89.5%)

1079 (85.5%)

 

1018 (71.2%)

 Unknown

   

7 (0.5%)

Pathology grade

  

0.312

 

 Well differentiated

200 (9.5%)

127 (10.1%)

 

115 (8.0%)

 Moderately differentiated

1200 (56.8%)

749 (59.4%)

 

769 (53.8%)

 Poorly differentiated

422 (20.0%)

169 (13.4%)

 

172 (12.0%)

 Undifferentiated

27 (1.3%)

13 (1.0%)

 

11 (0.8%)

Unknown

265 (12.5%)

204 (16.2%)

 

363 (25.4%)

Calendar year

 1992–2002

801 (37.9%)

490 (38.8%)

 

460 (32.2%)

 2003–2012

1313 (62.1%)

772 (61.2%)

 

970 (67.8%)

Median time to secondary cancer (months)

38.0

28.0

 

31.0

  1. Abbreviations: SPCRC, secondary primary colorectal cancer; RCC, right-sided colon cancer; LCC, left-sided colon cancer. The P values are the difference of the SPCRC between RCC and the LCC