Multiple primary cancers in patients with malignant melanoma

Boland, S.L.; Shaw, H.M.; Milton, G.W.

Medical Journal of Australia 1(15): 517-519

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X
PMID: 933936
Document Number: 101954
The incidence of second primary tumours not related to the skin in patients with malignant melanoma was determined. This was compared with the corresponding incidence of a first primary tumour in the general age-matched population. The available data indicate that, in patients with malignant melanoma, there exists a predisposition to developing a second unrelated cancer.

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