Risk factors for cancer of unknown primary: a literature review

Abstract Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) is metastatic cancer with an unidentifiable primary tumour origin during life. It remains difficult to study the occurrence and aetiology of CUP. Hitherto, it is unclear whether risk factors are associated with CUP, yet identifying these factors could reveal...

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Main Authors: Karlijn E. P. E. Hermans, Fatemeh Kazemzadeh, Caroline Loef, Rob L. H. Jansen, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Piet A. van den Brandt, Leo J. Schouten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-023-10794-6