Browsing by Subject "Neuroendocrine tumors"
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Cancer of unknown primary patients with midline nodal distribution: Midway between poor and favourable prognosis?
(2011)Background: Midline nodal cancer of unknown primary (CUP) has varying definitions and an unclear natural history compared to that of extragonadal germ cell cancer (EGCC) and neuroendocrine tumors. Methods: We systematically ...
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Neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary: A systematic review of the literature and a comparative study with other neuroendocrine tumors
(2011)Introduction: Neuroendocrine carcinomas of unknown primary (NCUP) represent a specific subset with relatively favorable prognosis. Data on biology, management and outcome of NCUP patients have not been systematically ...
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Neuroendocrine Merkel cell nodal carcinoma of unknown primary site: Management and outcomes of a rare entity
(2015)Merkel cell nodal carcinoma of unknown primary (MCCUP) is a rare neuroendocrine tumour with distinct clinical and biological behaviour. We conducted a review of retrospective data extracted from 90 patients focusing on the ...
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Prognostic significance of WNT and hedgehog pathway activation markers in cancer of unknown primary
(2015)Background: Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) possesses distinct biology and peculiar natural history, in which the roles of the winged and hedgehog signalling pathways are unclear. Materials and methods: We constructed ...