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Multiple primary malignancies: An epidemiological and pedigree analysis of 57 patients with at least three tumours.
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology - 1 Apr 2001
Bittorf B, Kessler H, Merkel S, Brückl W, Wein A, Ballhausen W G, Hohenberger W, Günther K
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AIM AND METHODS: Data of our patients with at least three primary malignancies were retrospectively analysed to detect any remarkable patterns which might be of interest for follow-up or early tumour detection and to identify a possible hereditary cancer predisposition. From 1.1.1954 to 1.8.1995 57 patients (0.1%) among a grand total of 52 398 cancer patients had a minimum of three malignancies. RESULTS: The...
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