Open AccessOccurrence of Second Primary Malignancies in Patients With Primary Optic Nerve Gliomas: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Analysis
Author(s) -
Zain Hussain,
Jawad Khan,
Saeed Amir,
Fatma Dihowm
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer diagnosis and prognosis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2732-7787
DOI - 10.21873/cdp.10052
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , cumulative incidence , incidence (geometry) , optic nerve , soft tissue sarcoma , epidemiology , malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor , surgery , sarcoma , oncology , pathology , ophthalmology , immunohistochemistry , physics , transplantation , optics
Advanced understanding of screening and therapeutic modalities acts as provision for increased survival in patients diagnosed with optic nerve gliomas. Secondary primary malignancies (SPMs) in patients diagnosed with primary optic nerve glioma (OPG) are currently an uncharacterized frontier. This US national database analysis highlights the incidences of SPMs in patients diagnosed with primary OPG.