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- Title
Hereditary Factors in Multiple Primary Malignancies Associated with Lung Cancer.
- Authors
Shuji Haraguchi; Kiyoshi Koizumi; Masafumi Hioki; Takao Hisayoshi; Tomomi Hirata; Kazuo Shimizu
- Abstract
Abstract Purpose There are differences between lung cancer alone and multiple primary malignancies associated with lung cancer (MPMLC) in terms of clinical characteristics. However, the importance of these differences has not yet been clarified. Methods Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on 123 patients with MPMLC and 815 patients with lung cancer alone who underwent operative procedures for lung cancer from August 1982 to March 2004. Results Age, number of family with a family history of other malignancies except for smoking-related cancers, and pathological early stage of lung cancer were significantly high in patients with MPMLC based on univariate analyses (P < 0.0001, P < 0.05, and P < 0.05, respectively). Age and family history of malignancy were thus found to be significant factors based on a multivariate analysis. Conclusions MPMLC demonstrated a significant association with advanced age and stronger hereditary factors in comparison with lung cancer alone, indicating the need for different approaches to properly manage and follow up risk patients.
- Subjects
LUNG cancer; HUMAN heredity; CANCER patients; MULTIVARIATE analysis; EUGENICS; ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Surgery Today, 2007, Vol 37, Issue 5, p375
- ISSN
0941-1291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00595-006-3420-5