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Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Learning Center

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Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a disease in which malignant (cancerous) cells are found in the body, but the organ where they initially began growing, the primary site , cannot be discovered.

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Symptoms
Every cancer has distinct risk factors, or causes. It is difficult to identify specific causes of CUP since the exact...
Causes
Every cancer has distinct risk factors, or causes. It is difficult to identify specific causes of CUP since the exact...
Tests
The initial step in evaluating a person with cancer is a medical history and general physical exam. These simple step...
Treatments
Most types of cancer are placed in stages I, II, III, or IV. These stages are based on the extent of spread and wheth...
Drugs
-The treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect on the disease-producing microorgan...
Risk Factors
  • No Known Risk Factors
Complications
The inability to identify a primary site for metastatic cancer can generate a great deal of anxiety, anger and frustr...
Prevention
Since the exact type of cancer involved in CUP is not known, it is difficult to say just how that cancer might have b...

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