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Location of metastases in cancer of unknown primary are not random and signal familial clustering

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is a fatal disease diagnosed through metastases. It shows intriguing familial clustering with certain defined primary cancers. Here we examine whether metastatic location in CUP patients is related to primary non-CUP cancers in relatives based on the Swedish Cancer Re...

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Autores principales: Hemminki, Kari, Sundquist, Kristina, Sundquist, Jan, Hemminki, Akseli, Ji, Jianguang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956545
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep22891