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2

nd

cancers after RT of cervix Ca

Site of

second

cancer

Radiation dose

(Gy)

Number of 2

nd

cancers after

radiotherapy/surgery

Relative risk afte r

>10 years

Rectum

30–60

274 / 33

2 after 10 y

4 after 30 y

Colon

2 4

296 / 56

no increase

Bladder

30–60

265 / 23

>2 after 10 y

6 after 30 y

Stomach

2

143 / 19

1 . 2

Lung

0 . 3

276 / 91

no increase

Breast

0 . 3

366 / 114

decrease 20–40%

after 10 y and 30 y

Leukaemia

4 . 5

82 / 15

2

Kleinerman RA et al.

Cancer

1995;76:442-52