Secondary cancers: Why they occur and how to catch them early
Though it happens very infrequently, sometimes people develop a second type of cancer in addition to the first. This could be due to a number of factors, including:
genetic mutations that can predispose someone to developing certain cancers, hereditary cancer syndromes that make people more likely to develop multiple cancers side effects of the therapies patients receive to treat their initial cancer diagnoses, and lifestyle choices...