Coexistence of renal cell carcinoma and malignant lymphoma: A causal relationship or coincidental occurrence?

✍ Scribed by Tarik Tihan; Daniel A. Filippa

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 556 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19960601)77:11<2325::aid-cncr22>3.0.co;2-y

✦ Synopsis

BACKGROUND.

Secondary malignant neoplasms are increasingly being observed in cancer populations and a considerable amount of data have accumulated in the literature. Among the secondary malignant neoplasms that occur with a higher incidence in cancer patients are lymphomas and renal cell carcinoma (RCC), as well as melanoma, lunglbronchus carcinoma.

METHODS.

The authors analyzed the patient population at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City between 1985 and 1995 for coexisting carcinomas, and identified 15 patients who had both RCC and malignant lymphoma among a total of 1262 patients with RCC and 1660 patients with malignant lymphoma. The occurrence and time of diagnosis of both malignant neoplasms and their clinical features, types, and stages, as well as short term followup results, are presented.