Treatable Carcinoma of Unknown Origin
作者:
TROY GUTHRIE,
期刊:
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
(OVID Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 298,
issue 2
页码: 74-78
ISSN:0002-9629
年代: 1989
出版商: OVID
关键词: Carcinoma of Unknown Origin;Primary Cancer Sites
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Carcinoma of unknown histogenesis or primary site is an increasingly recognized syndrome regarded by most physicians as having a grim prognosis. Elaborate evaluations using low yield, and often misleading, radiologic studies focused on identifying primary sites in the lung, liver, pancreas, or gastrointestinal tract offer little benefit to the vast majority of patients. Increasing evidence has accumulated showing that subsets of patients within this broad syndrome exist in whom recognition and proper therapy may result in meaningful prolongation of life or potential cure. In this review, clinical clues and diagnostic aids for identification of nine treatable subsets of patients with the carcinoma of unknown origin (CUO) syndrome are emphasized. Current state-of-the-art tretment for each subset with subsequent end results are stated.
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