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Table 10 Relative risk of all second cancers among patients given chemotherapy only, by age-at-treatment

From: Second malignancies in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy: a study in Florence, Italy

Age-at-treatment (years)

Relative Riska(95% CIb)

P-value

Cases/women with chemotherapy

Cases/women with no chemotherapy

<50

0.37 (0.15, 0.91)

0.03

6/196 (3.1%)

34/367 (9.3%)

50 to 64

0.59 (0.17, 2.07)

0.4

3/67 (4.5%)

26/426 (6.1%)

65+

0.00

>0.5

0/11 (0.0%)

10/333 (3.0%)

All

0.42 (0.20, 0.88)

0.02

9/274 (3.3%)

70/1,126 (6.2%)

  1. a Relative risk is calculated based on a follow-up of five or more years.
  2. b Confidence interval.