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Review
. 2019 May 10;4(Suppl 2):e000502.
doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2019-000502. eCollection 2019.

How I treat cancers of unknown primary

George Zarkavelis  1 , Davide Mauri  2 , George Pentheroudakis  3
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Review

How I treat cancers of unknown primary

George Zarkavelis et al. ESMO Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cup.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Prognosticator scheme for all patients with CUP. CUP, cancer of unknown primary; WBC, white cell count.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Proposed algorithm for cancer of unknown primary (CUP) diagnosis and management.
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