title: Association between renal cell carcinoma and plasma cell dyscrasias: a case series of six patients.
abstract: Multiple malignancies in the same patient are unusual. This is particularly true for patients with hematologic malignancies who have a concomitant solid tumor. We report the unexpectedly higher frequency of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) associated with plasma cell dyscrasias. We report 6 cases of RCC in our institutional database of 600 patients with plasma cell dyscrasias over the past 10 years. We discuss the possible mechanisms that predisposed these patients to a secondary malignancy.
authors.affiliation: St Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, NY 10011, USA.
authors.forename: Meghana S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: Amitabha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazumder
authors.forename: Sundar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jagannath
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Vesole
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054219:Neoplasms, Plasma Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies