Is it possible to have two cancers simultaneously?

I decided that at this stage, I was ahead of the cancer and I wasn't going to risk it getting away from me so I asked for, in fact insisted on having both breasts completely removed. I was 44 and had two teenaged children so I didn't need them any more. read more

Yes. About 6 years ago, I was diagnosed with DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in one breast. The treatment suggested for me was a lumpectomy followed by radiotherapy and possibly chemotherapy. read more

Yes it is possible. Cancer is a general word and cancers of different parts of the body are different. It is very possible for different types of cancer to arise in different parts of the body at different times or even possibly at the same time. read more

Kidney cancer is not very popular, being only 3% of all cancers so having an unrelated cancer to it is not very common. I have read in some of the posts here that woman who had brest cancer have developed unrelated kidney cancer at the same time or years later. read more

Its not only possible, but extremely common. There's not only the risk of the cancer spreading (i.e. skin cancer becoming leukemia), but additionally if someone is exposed to a toxin that causes cancer (like smoking), they can get multiple forms of cancer simultaneously (Lung cancer, throat cancer, etc). read more