Characteristics of Synchronous- and Metachronous-Type Multiple Primary Neoplasms: A Study of Hospital-Based Cancer Registry in Turkey

• Published in: Clinical genitourinary cancer Vol. 5; no. 7; pp. 438 - 445
• Main Authors: Kilciksiz, Sevil, Gokce, Tumay, Baloglu, Ali, Calli, Aylin, Kaynak, Canan, Kilic, Bülent, Eski, Erkan, Nalbantoglu, Gülten, Yigitbas, Hacer Ari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Breast cancer; Cancer registries; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Larynx cancer; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - epidemiology; Ovarian cancer; Registries; Student t test; Turkey - epidemiology; Urogenital Neoplasms - epidemiology; Urogential cancer; Urology; Turkey; Cancer registries; Student t test; Urogential cancer; Breast cancer; Larynx cancer; Ovarian cancer

Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the demographic, histologic, and topographic characteristics, and the association of synchronous and metachronous multiple primary neoplasms. Patients and Methods Five hundred seventy-two multiple primary tumors (n = 286) of 20,895 tumors record...