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"Multiple primary carcinomas of the large intestine"‐50 years later
Author(s) -
Levin Bernard
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19981215)83:12<2425::aid-cncr1>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , primary (astronomy) , large intestine , general surgery , pathology , astronomy , physics
The report by Thomas et al. in the first volume of Cancer 50 years ago concerned 132 patients with multiple primary lesions of the colon who underwent surgical treatment between 1907 and 1944. Since that time, there has been a tremendous increase in knowledge regarding colon carcinoma and two significant points discussed in the original article‐family history and "right‐sidedness" of multiple primary lesions‐now are recognized to be prominent features of this entity.