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Six primary cancers in individuals. Report of four cases
Author(s) -
Swaroop V. Santhi,
Winawer Sidney J.,
Lightdale Charles J.,
Lipkin Martin
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19880315)61:6<1253::aid-cncr2820610633>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , cancer , primary cancer , family history , oncology
Four patients who had six or more primary cancers are described in this article. Two of the patients had seven cancers each; the most frequent cancer site was the colon. These patients were young at the onset of their first cancer and had a long survival. All the patients had a strong family history of cancer, especially colon cancer. We found that family members of individuals with multiple cancers should be considered to have an increased risk for the development of cancer.