Earlier this year, we learned Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, had been diagnosed with malignant melanoma a type of skin cancer shortly after being treated for breast cancer.Although details have not been confirmed, this is likely a new cancer that isnt a recurrence or metastasis of the first one.Australian research from Queensland and Tasmania shows adults who have had cancer have around a 6-36 per cent higher risk of developing a second primary cancer compared to the risk of cancer in the general population.Whos at risk of another, unrelated cancer
Even after adjustments, the underlying trends in disparities persisted, underscoring the significance of survival disparities among second primary cancer survivors.