Comparison of survival of patients with metastases from known versus unknown primaries: survival in metastatic cancer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is considered an aggressive metastatic disease but whether the prognosis differs from metastatic cancers of known primary site is not known. Such data may give insight into the biology of CUP and...

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Main Authors: Riihimäki Matias, Thomsen Hauke, Hemminki Akseli, Sundquist Kristina, Hemminki Kari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
CUP
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/13/36