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Causes of death in patients with extranodal cancer of unknown primary: searching for the primary site

BACKGROUND: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a fatal cancer, accounting for 3–5% of all diagnosed cancers. Finding the primary site is important for therapeutic choices and we believe that the organ which is designated as the cause of death may give clues about the primary site. METHODS: A total o...

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Autores principales: Riihimäki, Matias, Hemminki, Akseli, Sundquist, Kristina, Hemminki, Kari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24929562
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-14-439