Records of 120 patients with two and 16 with three primary cancers were evaluated. There were 49 males and 71 females among the double primaries with ages ranging from 27-102 years (average 68 years at the time of fist cancer). Of 35 breast cancer patients 16 new primaries developed in the opposite
A comparison of single and multiple primary cancers
β Scribed by Galen B. Cook
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 619 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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