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Genetic characterisation of molecular targets in carcinoma of unknown primary.
Journal of translational medicine - 4 Jul 2018
Clynick B, Dessauvagie B, Sterrett G, Harvey N T, Allcock R J N, Saunders C, Erber W, Meehan K
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BACKGROUND: Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a metastatic epithelial malignancy in the absence of an identifiable primary tumour. Prognosis for patients with CUP is poor because treatment options are generally limited to broad spectrum chemotherapy. A shift towards personalised cancer management based on mutation profiling offers the possibility of new treatment paradigms. This study has explored whether...
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