Cancer Prevention for Survivors: Incidence of Second Primary Cancers and Sex Differences-A Population-Based Study from an Italian Cancer Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of cancer survivors continues to increase, thanks to advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, the incidence of a second primary cancer (SPC) is also increasing, but limited studies reporting incidence data are available regarding multiple cancers. This study presents our observations on multiple primary malignant cancers, the associations between sites, and the inherent sex differences.

Patients and methods

We report the data, disaggregated by sex, concerning the SPCs that were recorded in the "Registro Tumori Integrato" (RTI) a population-based cancer registry in Sicily, Italy, as observed in the period from 2003 to 2017, in a total population of approximately 2,300,000. SPCs were divided into synchronous and metachronous cancers.

SUBMITTER: Ragusa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9565941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature