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... Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 2) Role of Imaging Studies Chest x-rays are always obtained in CUP workups but are often negative, especially ... 60% of CUPs are found to be adenocarcinoma, and 5% are squamous cell carcinoma. The remaining 30% of lesions are diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, poorly differentiated carcinoma, ......

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... growth of the metastasis or the hormone-related symptoms are not controlled with endocrine therapy. Patients with high-grade neuroendocrine Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part ... chemotherapy. Response rates of >50% have been noted, and 10–15% long-term survivors have been reported. Neuroendocrine Carcinoma Low-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma often ha...

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... Diagnostic strategies for unknown primary cancer. Cancer 100:1776, 2004 [PMID: 15112256] Bibliography Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 6) Management of Disseminated CUP Patients ... gemcitabine or irinotecan in carcinomas of unknown primary site: Results of a randomized phase II study—trial for the French Study Group on Carcinomas of Unk...

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... of CUP Tissue Marker Diagnosis Estrogen and progesterone receptors Breast cancer BRST-1 Breast cancer Gross cystic disease fibrous protein- 15 Breast cancer Chapter 095. Carcinoma of ... cystic disease fibrous protein- 15 Breast cancer Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 3) Role of Immunohistochemical Analysis Immunohistochemical stains are...

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... evaluating the role of molecular studies in CUP. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Treatment Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 4) There are 20 subtypes of cytokeratin (CK) intermediate ... a primary tumor of the colon; 75–95% of colon tumors show this pattern of staining. CK20–/CK7+ suggests cancer of the lung, breast, ovary, endometrium, an...

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... Chapter 095. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 95. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: Introduction Carcinoma ... Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a biopsy-proven (mainly epithelial) malignancy for which the anatomic site of origin remains unidentified after an inten...

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... fever observed during 2–3 weeks of inpatient observation. Includes patients with exaggerated circadian rhythm. Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 2) Infections, especially extrapulmonary ... most frequent cause of FUO, giant-cell arteritis being the leading etiologic entity in this category. In patients >50 years of age, this disease accounts for 15–20% o...

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... Causes (%) Chapter 019. Fever of Unknown Origin (Part 1) Harrison's Internal Medicine > Chapter 19. Fever of Unknown Origin Definition and Classification Fever of unknown origin ... the number of undetected cases of systemic lupus erythematosus and other autoimmune diseases. Table 19-1 Classic FUO in Adults A uthors (Year of Publicati Y ears of...

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... with pancolonic involvement with ulcerative colitis), the presence of Chapter 081. Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 2) Figure 81-1 ... incisional biopsy is the procedure of second choice. A wedge of tissue is removed, and an effort is made to include the majority of the cross-sectional diameter of the tumor in the biopsy to minimize ... into tumor carry wit...

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... 1–7 Shades of brown mixed with bluis h red (violaceous), bluish black, reddish brown, and often whitish pink, and the border of lesion is at least in part a During much of thi s time, ... the diagnosis is established histologically after biopsy of a new or changing skin nodule or because of a suspicion of a basal cell carcinoma (see below). visibly and/or palpab...

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