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Risk of second primary cancers after malignant mesothelioma and vice versa.
Cancer letters - 28 Aug 2016
Chen Tianhui, Kharazmi Elham, Lou Jianlin, Zhang Xing, Sundquist Kristina, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
We aimed at investigating risk of specific second primary cancers (SPCs) after malignant mesothelioma (MM) and vice versa, which has not been reported. Among survivors of 3672 pleural MM and 895 peritoneal MM, overall 113 and 28 SPCs were recorded, respectively, while reverse analyses included overall 431 pleural and 88 peritoneal MMs after any first cancers. We found a bidirectional association of pleural MM...
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