Full text: The relative risk of second primary cancers: a retrospective cohort study

"Within the female cohort, the relative risk of a second cancer was higher for those diagnosed with head and neck cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, cervical cancer, uterine cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, lymphoid leukaemia or myeloid leukaemia.

There were no types of cancer for which female survivors had a significantly lower risk of developing a second invasive cancer (see references to male cancers and lower risk) in relation to the general population."

Table 4. Relative risk of second primary cancer by type of first primary cancer and time period of first diagnosis, Queensland, 1982-2006