Diagnostic Imaging Techniques for Synchronous Multiple Tumors

According to the literature, 1.2–3.5% of cancer patients are unexpectedly affected by a new synchronous neoplasia (multiple primary malignancies, MPM), detected during a diagnostic or therapeutic phase. In fact, patients already successfully treated for a neoplasia have at least a two-fold possibility of developing a further cancer compared to an age-matched individual never been affected by a neoplastic disease [1]. Over the last several years, world-wide scientific research has been conducted aimed at understanding the cause of this increased risk.