Definition
Histologically distinct cancers in the same organ or tumours in both sides of a paired organ which are histologically similar, diagnosed within two months of each other. If they are not diagnosed within 2 months of each other they are metachronous and classified separately from each other preceding tumour.
References
The Surveillance, Epidemiologic, and End Results (SEER), National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, USA.
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