Melanomas
New Findings Reported from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Describe Advances in Melanomas
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 7th, 2011
2011 JUN 7 -- New investigation results, "Associated malignancies in patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia and their kin," are detailed in a study published in Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia. "We examined the incidence of other malignancies in 924 Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM) patients and their kin. A total of 225 (24.3%) patients had=1 additional malignancy, with 63% predating the WM diagnosis," scientists in Boston, United States report.
"The most common gender-adjusted malignancies were prostate (9.4%), breast (8.0%), non-melanoma skin (7.1%), hematologic (2.8%), melanoma (2.2%), lung (1.4%) and thyroid 1.1%). Among...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2011-06-07)
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