Browsing by Subject "Chromosome aberration"

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      Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fizazi, K. (2005)
      Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is one of the 10 most frequent cancers worldwide. It constitutes 3-5% of all human malignancies. Patients with CUP present with metastases without an established primary site. CUP manifests ...
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      Cancer of unknown primary site: Missing primary or missing biology? 

      Pentheroudakis, George; Briassoulis, E. Ch; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)
      Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) ranks as the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths and represents both a diagnostic and a management challenge. In CUP, the regression or dormancy of the primary tumor, the development ...
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      Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas; Fizazi, K. (2009)
      Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is one of the 10 most frequent cancers worldwide. It constitutes 3-5% of all human malignancies. Patients with CUP present with metastases without an established primary site. CUP manifests ...
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      Exploring the biology of cancer of unknown primary: Breakthroughs and drawbacks 

      Kamposioras, K.; Pentheroudakis, George; Pavlidis, Nicholas (2013)
      Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) ranks among the ten most common malignancies worldwide. Cancer of unknown primary presents as disseminated disease, has a dismal prognosis and remains a diagnosis of exclusion. ...
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      Forty years experience of treating cancer of unknown primary 

      Pavlidis, Nicholas (2007)
      Cancer of unknown primary site (CUP) is not a rare tumour. It accounts as the seventh to eighth most frequently diagnosed cancer in a general medical oncology service. Since CUP is not a homogeneous disease and it consists ...