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This is a retrospective cohort study comparing cancer risk in patients after herpes zoster and age-\/sex-matched non-herpes zoster patients, in a primary care-based continuous morbidity database. We tested for interaction by gender, age, diabetes, HRT use or antiviral therapy. Analyses were repeated for patients with and without herpes simplex. The hazard ratio (HR) comparing cancer risk in herpes zoster <jats:italic>vs.<\/jats:italic> control patients was significant in all women, women aged &gt;\u00a065 years and subgroups of breast and colorectal cancer (HRs 1\u00b760, 1\u00b782, 2\u00b714, 2\u00b719, respectively). For men, a significant association was found for haematological cancers (HR 2\u00b792). No associations were found with herpes simplex. No interaction was identified with antiviral therapy, diabetes or HRT treatment. 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