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Oesophageal ulceration after selective internal radiation therapy in a patient with carcinoma of unknown primary.

C H CH Kubisch, F F Beigel, S S Ihrler, B B Goke, M F MF Reiser, and R T RT Hoffmann

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Profession... 48(5):546-50 (2010) PMID 20449787

Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is defined as histologically confirmed metastases in the absence of an identifiable primary tumor. Patients with solely liver metastases from adenocarinomas represent the most frequent subgroup with an unfavourable prognosis. The medium survival averages 6 to 9 months. No chemotherapheutic standard has been established.

DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109694
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