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I've few reports, in which it is clearly seen that patient has been diagnosed with cancer but the source of which is untraceable. Can something be suggest about it.
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There is an entity called Carcinoma of unknown primary. But before labelling it, we need to do a PET CT, tumor markers, endoscopies, biopsy plus immunohistichemisty. If we are still not able to detect primary we need to treat with the most appropriate chemotherapy regimen.
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