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Double resection for patients with pancreatic cancer and a second primary renal cell cancer
N Alexakis1, L Bosonnet, S Connor
1Department of Surgery, University of Liverpool, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Background:
Reports of synchronous or metachronous double kidney-pancreas cancers are very rare.
Methods:
We present 2 patients with renal cell carcinoma and synchronous (1 patient) or metachronous (1 patient) primary pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The patients underwent resection for both cancer types with a worthwhile outcome.
Results:
The appearance of different primaries in an individual may indicate a genetic predisposition to different neoplasms. The study of double primary cancers is important because it might provide understanding of a shared genetic basis of different solid tumors.
Conclusions:
The association between these two cancers demands more detailed epidemiological and molecular investigation. From a clinical viewpoint a resectional policy is recommended.
