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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.The area where a cancer ...

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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...
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Causes
Every cancer has distinct risk factors, or causes. It is difficult to identify specific causes of CUP since the exact...
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Tests
Magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) takes pictures similar to, but more detailed than, the CT scan. Ultrasounds may show ...
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Treatments
Most types of cancer are placed in stages I, II, III, or IV. These stages are based on the extent of spread and whet...
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Drugs
—The treatment of disease by means of chemicals that have a specific toxic effect on the disease-producing micr...
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Alternative Therapies
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Risk Factors
  • No Known Risk Factors
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Complications
The inability to identify a primary site for metastatic cancer can generate a great deal of anxiety, anger and frustr...
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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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