Multiple primary neoplasms. Considerations on 42 cases.
During the years 1977-1993, 2,108 cases of gynecologic primary neoplasms were observed in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics of La Sapienza University in Rome. Forty-two cases were multiple primary cancers. Of these, 27 had multiple primary neoplasms involving only gynecologic sites, 15 had a neoplasm involving also another site; 3 patients had triple primary neoplasms. The most frequent neoplasm associations observed in our case series were: breast-ovary; endometrium-ovary; breast-cervix; endometrium-bowel (sigma-colon).
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University La Sapienza, Rome.
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Prosperi Porta
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Lalle
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Palazzetti
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Villani
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D016019:Survival Analysis