Can a person get two types of cancer at the same time? Most people would probably think this is impossible. Just how unlucky does one have to be to simultaneously have such misfortune?
However, in medical terms, this isn't something impossible. In fact, there's a specific term to define it, called multiplicity carcinoma, also known as multiple primary cancers. It refers to the occurrence of two or more independent primary malignant tumors in the same individual's single or multiple organs, whether simultaneously or successively.
But the probability of this happening is indeed very low. How low? International reports show an incidence rate of 2.0-13.5%, while the rate in China is only 0.52-2.45%.
So, it takes a certain level of misfortune for a person to simultaneously get two types of cancer.
And Wang Jiancheng happened to be such an unlucky fellow.
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