Have you had two unrelated cancers at the same time?

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I think I’m the one who posed this question originally and I don’t see anyone responding so I’ll explain why I asked. On 8/07/2023 after a bone marrow biopsy, it was determined I had a very rare type of leukemia called APL. At the time I was hospitalized, rapidly declining, and very fortunate to have been diagnosed and in a place where I could immediately begin the right treatment or I would have died. That very day I was supposed to have had a breast biopsy because I’d had an abnormal mammogram with two very suspicious areas. That biopsy then couldn’t happen until October. It came back positive for breast cancer. Since then I’ve had to go through months of chemotherapy for the leukemia and several surgeries for the breast cancer followed by radiation. I’ve had pretty much every side effects and complication there is but am now cancer free. I’ve never met anyone who had two unrelated cancers at the same time. I know people who have cancer that metastasized, but that’s not what happened to me. Have any of you ever heard of this? My doctors say it’s pretty rare. Luckily.