Unknown primary tumours

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 901, 2000, Pages 690-693

  Hillen, H F P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Metastases; Unknown primary tumours

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033745686     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.901.690     Document Type: Review

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