Patients with cancer of unknown primary: A retrospective analysis of 223 patients with adeno carcinoma or undifferentiated carcinoma;Patienten mit CUP-syndrom: Retrospektive auswertung von 223 fällen mit adeno- oder undifferenziertem karzinom

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 111, Issue 27-28, 2014, Pages 481-487

  Löffler, Harald ^a,b   Puthenparambil, Joe ^a   Hielscher, Thomas ^b   Neben, Kai ^c   Krämer, Alwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Mittelbaden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84905986237     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0481     Document Type: Article

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