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Mirror-image tumors in mirror-image twins
D Morison1, C V Reyes, M S Skorodin
1Department of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Ill, USA.
Chest
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
Genetic factors are known to play a role in causing lung cancer. Twin cases of bronchioloalveolar, squamous, and anaplastic bronchogenic carcinoma have been previously reported. We describe mirror-image twins with adenocarcinoma of the lung occurring in mirror-image locations. They shared smoking and an occupational risk, carpentry, in addition to identical genetic backgrounds.