Quadruple cancer in a single patient: a report of four cases.
Multiple primary neoplasia was once considered a rare curiosity but is now a well recognized phenomenon. Only a few papers have been published in the English literature with regard to occurrence of four or more primary malignancies in a single patient. We report four cases of quadruple cancer; a review of the literature about this topic is discussed.
Mussari
S
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Department of Radiation Oncology, S. Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy.
Amichetti
M
M
Tomio
L
L
D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000453:epidemiology*