title: Eight primary malignancies: case report and review of literature.
abstract: The incidence of multiple primary malignancies has increased over the past years secondary to the long-term survival of cancer patients due to improvements in the early detection and adequate treatment of cancer. We present a patient with eight primary malignant tumors and review the relevant literature. Our patient was a 59-year-old female with Crohn disease with an otherwise non-contributory medical history. Risk factors for multiple primary tumors were not detected in our patient. At a follow-up of 108 months from the time of diagnosis of the first malignancy, our patient was still alive. Similar long-term survival has been reported in the literature. Due to the realistic potential for long-term survival, we recommend aggressive treatment of these patients.
authors.affiliation: King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman Jordan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slem
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abu-Hijlih
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abdelrahman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turfa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amarin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sughayer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Almousa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Khader
mesh_terms: D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome