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SUBMITTER: Mao R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5527071 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mao Rui R Chen Tao T Zhou Fangyu F Jiang Weili W Yang Xiaorong X Ai Zisheng Z Li Mu M Qin Linlin L Wang Long L Fei Ke K Chen Chang C
Scientific reports 20170725 1
The prognosis of malignancies has improved in recent years, subsequent primary cancers (SPCs) have become more frequent. This study investigates the patterns of lung cancer involved multiple primary cancers. We enrolled 206,619 primary lung cancer patients and 2,071,922 patients with other primary malignancies from Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database. Observed annual risk (OAR) and absolute numbers were used to describe the risk of SPC and observed cases of SPC per 10,000 ...[more]