Slide 1

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Other factors must be taken into account

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Age: over 40 – 50 no longer significant increase

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Underlying risk: some organs are more likely to be affected

(breast, lungs)

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Sex: Breast cancer

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Individual risk: Smoking, family history

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Prognosis of second cancer: E.g. breast cancer much better

than lung cancer

Second malignancies