MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS OF THE BREAST AND OVARY
MULTIPLE PRIMARY CANCERS OF THE BREAST AND OVARY
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DOI:
10.1038/bjc.1981.247
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
WATERHOUSE, JAH
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作者:
PRIOR, P;WATERHOUSE, JAH
Multiple primary cancers of the breast and ovary were investigated as part of a survey being undertaken at the Birmingham and West Midlands Regional Cancer Registry [UK]. Population-based data relating to 17,756 registrations for breast and 3470 for ovarian cancer between 1950-1964 were analyzed. On the basis of person-years at risk and incidence rates for the region (1960-1962), an increased risk of a 2nd primary tumor in the ovary was observed in patients diagnosed with a 1st primary in the breast before 45 yr of age (O [observed number] = 8; E [expected number] = 1.83; P < 0.001). No excess was found in patients diagnosed after 45 yr of age (O = 15; E = 17.06). In patients with an index tumor of the ovary, the observed number of 2nd primary tumors of the breast was not significantly different from the expected number (O = 19; E = 12.95). Complementary analysis (a combined assessment for the 2 sites) showed that the development of a 1st primary at either site before 45 yr of age carried a 2.8-fold risk of a 2nd primary tumor at the other site (O = 9; E = 3.21; P < 0.01). After 45 yr of age no increased risk was found (O = 32; E = 28.63). Over all ages a 1.3-fold risk was observed (O = 42; E = 31.54; P < 0.05). No evidence of subfertility was found in the 9 patients in the high-risk premenopausal group who developed the 2 tumors. The results are more consistent with an etiology of early exposure to an external carcinogen than with one of abnormal hormone production.