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Epidemiology
Second primary cancers in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
S K Maitra1, H Gallo1, C Rowland-Payne2, D Robinson1 and H Møller1
1Thames Cancer Registry, Division of Cancer Studies, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, Capital House, 42 Weston Street, London SE1 3QD, UK
2The London Clinic, 149 Harley Street, London W1N 2DE, UK
Correspondence to: SK Maitra, E-mail: sombith.maitra@kcl.ac.uk
The occurrence of second primary cancers was explored in patients with squamous cell cancer of the skin (SCC).
The excess incidence subsequent to SCC was mainly in cancers related to sunlight and smoking, and in lymphoproliferative malignancies, it was largest (10-fold) in salivary gland cancer.
British Journal of Cancer (2005) 92, 570-571.
doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6602306 Published online 21 December 2004
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