Second primary cancers in patients with skin cancer: a population-based study in Northern Ireland

M M Cantwell; L J Murray; D Catney; D Donnelly; P Autier; M Boniol; C Fox; R J Middleton; O M Dolan; A T Gavin

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6604842

Second primary cancers in patients with skin cancer: a population-based study in Northern Ireland

Br J Cancer. 2009 Jan 13;100(1):174-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604842.

Authors

M M Cantwell¹, L J Murray, D Catney, D Donnelly, P Autier, M Boniol, C Fox, R J Middleton, O M Dolan, A T Gavin

Affiliation

¹ Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group, Centre for Clinical and Population Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland. m.cantwell@qub.ac.uk

Abstract

Among all 14,500 incident cases of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), 6405 squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and 1839 melanomas reported to the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry between 1993 and 2002, compared with the general population, risk of new primaries after BCC or SCC was increased by 9 and 57%, respectively. The subsequent risk of cancer, overall, was more than double after melanoma.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / epidemiology
Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Ireland / epidemiology
Male
Melanoma / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Second Primary / epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Second Primary / etiology
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Sunlight
Vitamin D / administration & dosage

Substances

Vitamin D