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Is there an increased risk of second primary malignancy after diagnosis of thyroid cancer?
Author(s) -
Mathur Aarti,
Schneider Eric B.,
Zeiger Martha A.
Publication year - 2015
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/cncr.29026
Subject(s) - medicine , thyroid cancer , cancer , malignancy , primary cancer , thyroid , population , oncology , environmental health
Recent reports on the risk of developing second primary malignancies have raised concern about whether enhanced surveillance is warranted in patients with thyroid cancer. An excellent review of the incidences and types of second primary malignancies in a Korean population treated for thyroid cancer is provided in this issue of Cancer .