Open AccessCharacteristics and survival of patients with metachronous or synchronous double primary malignancies: breast and thyroid cancer
Author(s) -
Li Zhang,
Yansheng Wu,
Fangfang Liu,
Li Fu,
Zhongsheng Tong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
oncotarget
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.373
H-Index - 127
ISSN - 1949-2553
DOI - 10.18632/oncotarget.9547
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , cancer , thyroid cancer , oncology , retrospective cohort study , primary tumor , otorhinolaryngology , surgery , metastasis
Clinical experiences suggest that breast cancer (BC) and thyroid cancer (TC) occur metachronously or synchronously in a patient more frequently than it would by chance. This study was conducted to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and survival of these double primary malignancies.
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