| Authors | year | Primary neoplasm |
| Hawley PR et al1 | 1967 | Six cases: 1 kidney, 1 ovary, 1 maxillary antrum, 1 both uterus and colon, 1 probably ovary or pancreas, 1 Hodgkin's disease |
| Andrasch RH et al11 | 1976 | One case: kidney |
| Hild DH et al18 | 1980 | One case: chronic granulocytic leukemia |
| Taylor LM et al19 | 1987 | Five cases: 2 breast, 1 kidney, 1 gastric cancer, 1 chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| Tolosa-Vilella C et al10 | 1990 | One case: unknown primary site |
| Vowden P et al17 | 1991 | One case: breast |
| Maurice PD13 | 1996 | One case: ovary |
| Wang HC et al16 | 1996 | One case: lung |
| Chtourou M et al2 | 1998 | One case: ovary |
| Legrain S et al3 | 1999 | One case: ovary |
| Iamandi C et al5 | 2002 | One case: lung |
| Wright JR et al8 | 2002 | One case: tonsil |
| Buch RS20 | 2002 | mouth floor carcinoma |
| Kopterides P et al4 | 2004 | One case: lung |
| Hebbar S et al9 | 2005 | One case: esophagus |
| Paolini et al21 | 2009 | One case: prostate cancer |
| Moulakakis K et al6 | 2010 | One case: lung |
| Robati S et al7 | 2012 | One case: ovary |
| Onitilio et al22 | 2012 | One case: lung |
| Woei-A-Jin et al23 | 2014 | One case: lymphoma |
| Le Besnerais M et al24 | 2014 | Cohort of 100 patients with DI, 15% with cancer |