“Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Primary” or “Primary Metastatic Cancer”?
Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is an umbrella term used to classify a heterogeneous group of metastatic cancers based on the absence of an identifiable primary tumor. Clinically, CUPs are characterized by a set of distinct features comprising early metastatic dissemination in an atypical pattern, a...
Main Authors: | Stefan Kolling, Ferdinando Ventre, Elena Geuna, Melissa Milan, Alberto Pisacane, Carla Boccaccio, Anna Sapino, Filippo Montemurro |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.01546/full |
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