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

• Published in: British journal of cancer Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 174 - 177
• Main Authors: Cantwell, M M, Murray, L J, Catney, D, Donnelly, D, Autier, P, Boniol, M, Fox, C, Middleton, R J, Dolan, O M, Gavin, A T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.01.2009; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Breast cancer; Cancer Research; Carcinoma, Basal Cell - epidemiology; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - epidemiology; Dermatology; Drug Resistance; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Ireland - epidemiology; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Melanoma; Melanoma - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Molecular Medicine; Neoplasms, Second Primary - epidemiology; Neoplasms, Second Primary - etiology; Oncology; Population-based studies; Prostate cancer; Short Communication; Skin cancer; Skin Neoplasms - epidemiology; Sunlight; Tumors; Tumors of the skin and soft tissue. Premalignant lesions; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - administration & dosage; Northern Ireland; United Kingdom; Europe; Ireland; United Kingdom > UK; basal cell; skin cancer; melanoma; squamous cell; Human; Skin disease; Cancerology; Second cancer; Malignant melanoma; Skin; Malignant tumor; Cancer; Skin cancer
• ISSN: 0007-0920; 1532-1827
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604842

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.