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Cancer survivorship--genetic susceptibility and second primary cancers: research strategies and recommendations.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 4 Jan 2006
Travis Lois B, Rabkin Charles S, Brown Linda Morris, Allan James M, Alter Blanche P, Ambrosone Christine B, Begg Colin B, Caporaso Neil, Chanock Stephen, DeMichele Angela, Figg William Douglas, Gospodarowicz Mary K, Hall Eric J, Hisada Michie, Inskip Peter, Kleinerman Ruth, Little John B, Malkin David, Ng Andrea K, Offit Kenneth, Pui Ching-Hon, Robison Leslie L, Rothman Nathaniel, Shields Peter G, Strong Louise, Taniguchi Toshiyasu, Tucker Margaret A, Greene Mark H
Abstract excerpt
Cancer survivors constitute 3.5% of the United States population, but second primary malignancies among this high-risk group now account for 16% of all cancer incidence. Although few data currently exist regarding the molecular mechanisms for second primary cancers and other late outcomes after cancer treatment, the careful measurement and documentation of potentially carcinogenic treatments (chemotherapy and...
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