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Neoplasms, Multiple Primary

"Neoplasms, Multiple Primary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Two or more abnormal growths of tissue occurring simultaneously and presumed to be of separate origin. The neoplasms may be histologically the same or different, and may be found in the same or different sites.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Neoplasms, Multiple Primary" by people in this website by year, and whether "Neoplasms, Multiple Primary" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 59 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2010 and 2018
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