Second Cancer Diagnoses
What Are Second Cancers? - American Cancer Society
A second cancer is a new cancer that's unrelated to any previous cancer diagnosis. It's a completely different type of cancer.
Second Cancer Diagnoses - Livestrong
1-3% of cancer survivors develop a second cancer. The level of risk is small, and more survivors are living longer due to improvements in ...
Second Primary Cancers Among Cancer Survivors - NCI
Nearly one in five cancers diagnosed today occurs in an individual with a previous diagnosis of cancer, and these “second cancers” are a leading cause of ...
Secondary cancers: Why they occur and how to catch them early
Other, more non-specific symptoms include new or worsening fatigue and frequent infections. All of these could be signs of a secondary blood ...
Second Cancers - American Cancer Society
This information focuses on second cancers in adults. For information about second cancers after treatment of childhood cancers, see Children Diagnosed With ...
Review of risk factors of secondary cancers among cancer survivors
Second cancers now constitute 15 to 20% of all cancer diagnoses in the cancer registries. Among paediatric patients, modern radiotherapy techniques, combined ...
Can You Get Two Cancers at the Same Time? - WebMD
They are radiation-induced or chemotherapy-induced secondary cancers. How Do Doctors Diagnose Two Separate Cancers? With many cancers, when you ...
What is a Second Primary Cancer? - Patient Power
It's possible to be diagnosed with multiple cancers at once. This is sometimes referred to as multiple primary malignancies (MPMs), meaning that ...
Secondary Cancers - Children's Oncology Group
Monitoring for Secondary Cancer · Easy bruising or bleeding · Paleness of the skin · Excessive fatigue · Bone pain · Changes in moles · Sores that do not heal · Lumps ...
The Rising Incidence of Second Cancers: Patterns of Occurrence ...
This article summarizes the patterns of second cancer occurrence and identification of second cancer risk factors in survivors of childhood and adult cancers.
Therapy-Related Secondary Cancers - NCBI
Radiation has long been associated with the development of primary cancers and, when used as treatment, imparts a risk for the development of a second cancer.
Definition of second primary cancer - NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
A term used to describe a new primary cancer that occurs in a person who has had cancer in the past. Second primary cancers may occur months or years after ...
Overweight cancer patients more likely to get second ... - CBS News
BOSTON - Patients who are overweight when they're first diagnosed with cancer may be at higher risk of developing a second cancer.
Coping with a secondary cancer diagnosis - River's Edge Pharmacy
A second cancer may be a late effect of your first cancer or its treatment, or it may be unrelated to your first cancer. Second cancers are becoming more common ...
Second Cancers in Childhood Cancer Survivors - Together by St. Jude
A second cancer is a different cancer that occurs at least 2 months after cancer treatment ends. We all have a risk of developing cancer as we age.
Breast Cancer Survivors Have Higher Risk of Other Cancers
People with a history of breast cancer are at higher risk of being diagnosed with a second type of cancer, according to a U.K. study ...
Risk of second primary malignancies among cancer survivors in the ...
The authors identified patients aged ≥18 years who were diagnosed with a primary malignancy from the 10 most common cancer sites (prostate, ...
Excess Body Weight and the Risk of Second Primary Cancers ...
During a median (IQR) follow-up of 7.9 (3.4-13.6) years, 3749 participants (13.9%) received a diagnosis of a second cancer, of which 1243 (33.2 ...
Study highlights increased risk of second cancers among breast ...
Survivors of breast cancer are at significantly higher risk of developing second cancers, including endometrial and ovarian cancer for women and prostate ...
After Colorectal Cancer, Survivors Face Higher Risk for a Second ...
The four most common types of secondary cancer diagnosed were colorectal, prostate, breast and lung. Although approximately one-third of the ...