Cancer of unknown primary or unrecognized adnexal skin primary carcinoma? Limitations of gene expression profiling diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1479-

  Greco, F Anthony ^a  

^a SARAH CANNON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; EYELID NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY;

EID: 84876086651     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.47.1615     Document Type: Note

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