Adenocarcinoma of Unknown Primary Site
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Adenocarcinoma of Unknown Primary Site
BACKGROUND Metastatic cancer of unknown primary site occupies 0.5-10% of all diagnosed cancer patients and includes various tumors with diverse responses to systemic chemotherapy. Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site (ACUPS), the most common subtype, has no standard treatment, rarely responds to conventional treatment and has a poor survival rate. METHODS The retrospective study was perform...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1226-3303,2005-6648
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2002.17.4.234