(multiple tumors develop independently after after an exposure)
☆HNSCC (tabacco carcinogen)
basal cell carcinoma (ultraviolet light)
colorectal cancer (dietary carcinogen)
Even with adequate treatment of a malignancy, the areas affected by field cancerization remain at higher risk of developing multiple primary malignancies, as seen in this patient. Therefore, patients diagnosed with any of these cancers require comprehensive evaluation and continued surveillance of the at-risk area.
pathology
oncology
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