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Solid tumor second primary neoplasms: who is at risk, what can we do?
Seminars in oncology - 1 Dec 2013
Oeffinger Kevin C, Baxi Shrujal S, Novetsky Friedman Danielle, Moskowitz Chaya S
Abstract excerpt
Eighteen percent of incident malignancies in the United States are a second (or subsequent) cancer. Second primary neoplasms (SPNs), particularly solid tumors, are a major cause of mortality and serious morbidity among cancer survivors successfully cured of their first cancer. Multiple etiologies may lead to a cancer survivor subsequently being diagnosed with an SPN, including radiotherapy for the first cancer,...
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