Open AccessSpectrum of second primary malignant neoplasms in central india: case series from a tertiary care centre
Author(s) -
Subrata Chakrabarti,
Preeti Rihal Chakrabarti,
Sanjay Desai,
Deepak Agarwal,
Dharmendra Mehta,
Shreyas Somanath
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/1117-1936.173975
Subject(s) - malignancy , medicine , cancer , primary tumor , population , disease , metastasis , oncology , environmental health
Cancer survivors are at an increased risk for developing second cancers than the general population. In recent times detection of a new second primary following the index primary has increased due to refinement of existing diagnostic tools and development of newer modalities of diagnosis combined with better understanding of patterns of inheritance, risk factors and environmental influences. Today with improvement in Cancer management the average lifespan of cancer survivors have increased along with the increase in detection of both synchronous and metachronous malignancy with increase in disease free survival. With the improved cancer survival, second primary malignancy has become an important issue among cancer survivors and an increased burden on the treating oncologists and health care system.