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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 U...

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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, ... n...

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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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... 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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... are sometimes causes of FUO in this group. While the duration of illness may be short in these patients, the consequences of untreated infection may be catastrophic; 50–60% of febrile neutropenic ... >80% of HIV-infected patients, but drug fever and lymphoma remain important considerations. Treatment of HIV-associated FUO depends on many factors and is discussed in Chap. 1...

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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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... a variety of settings: relief of bone pain from metastatic disease, control of brain metastases, reversal of spinal cord compression and superior vena caval obstruction, shrinkage of painful ... Principles of Cancer Treatment (Part 6) Application to Patients Teletherapy Radiation therapy can be used alone or together with chemotherapy to produce cure of localized...

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... and Response Chapter 005. Principles of Clinical Pharmacology (Part 6) Principles of Dose Selection The desired goal of therapy with any drug is to maximize the likelihood of a beneficial ... an understanding of the relationships between plasma concentration and anticipated effects. For example, measurement of QT interval is used during treatment with sotalol or d...

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