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PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE: DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP AND THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT | ||
| Basrah Journal of Surgery | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 3-9 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33762/bsurg.2006.55353 | ||
| Author | ||
| Majeed H Alwan | ||
| Abstract | ||
| PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE: DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP AND THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT Majeed H Alwan FRCS, FACS, Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand Abstract Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Primary site (CUP) accounts for about 4% of all cancer patients and is therefore one of the 10 most frequent cancer diagnoses in man. It is defined as biopsy-confirmed malignancy for which the site of origin is not identified by routine workup. It is believed that CUP represents a heterogeneous group of malignancies that have a presumably, specific biology with clinical characteristics of rapid progression and random atypical metastases. The diagnostic work-up could be variable. Certain clinicopathological CUP entities are considered as favorable subsets responding to systemic platinum-based chemotherapy or managed by locoregional treatment. These subsets have a better prognosis than the average median survival time of four months in patients who belong to the non-favorable subsets. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| METASTATIC; cancer | ||
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