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  • Second cancers are on the rise; 1 in 5 US cases is a repeat

    08/23/2015 10:51:54 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 27 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Aug 24, 2015 1:48 AM EDT | Marilynn Marchione
    Second cancers are on the rise. Nearly 1 in 5 new cases in the U.S. now involves someone who has had the disease before. When doctors talk about second cancers, they mean a different tissue type or a different site, not a recurrence or spread of the original tumor. The trend is partly a success story: More people are surviving cancer and living long enough to get it again. …