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1. Carcinoma of Unknown Primary
Carcinoma of unknown primary Definition Carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP) is a disease in which malignant (cancerous...often referred to as the primary tumor. Cancer of unknown primary is a cancer that starts out in an unknown spot and...
January 1, 2002; Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer

2. Management of the unknown primary in patients with metastatic cancer of the head and neck.
...squamous cell carcinoma and an unknown primary tumor frequently involves the...guided biopsies to evaluate an unknown primary malignancy of the head and neck...algorithm for the management of the unknown primary head and neck malignancy, including...
April 1, 2000; Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

3. Surgical and Ablative Treatment for Metastatic Adenocarcinoma to the Liver From Unknown Primary Tumor
...adenocarcinoma to the liver from an unknown primary tumor (UPT) carries a poor prognosis...patients were identified with unknown primary malignancy. Evaluation of the...DEFINITION OF metastatic disease from unknown primary tumor (UPT) is a biopsy-confirmed...
June 1, 2004; The American Surgeon

4. Fluorescence-guided biopsy in the diagnosis of an unknown primary cancer in patients with metastatic cervical lymph nodes
...fluorescence-guided biopsy in diagnosis of unknown primary cancers in the head and neck...tonsillectomy. In this series, the unknown primary cancers were localized by LIF...laser-induced fluorescence imaging, unknown primary cancer. INTRODUCTION Detection...
July 1, 1999; The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

5. Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site presenting as an isolated retroperitoneal mass and Trousseau's syndrome
...reported cases of adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site (ACUPS) presenting with...reported cases of adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site presenting with Trousseau...rare case of adenocarcinoma of unknown primary site presenting as an isolated...
September 1, 2001; Military Medicine

6. Imaging case study of the month: Detection of unknown primary cancer with fluor-deoxy-glucose positron emissions tomography
...The definition of carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP syndrome) differs considerably...of the head and neck have an unknown primary cancer.7 18FDG-PET (^sup 18...exemplifies the detection of an unknown primary cancer by 18FDG-PET and is the...
June 1, 1999; The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

7. Meta-analysis of the performance of ^sup 18^F-FDG PET in primary tumor detection in unknown primary tumors
...management of patients with unknown primary tumors (UPT). The aim of this...process. Key Words: neoplasms; unknown primary; ^sup 18^F-FDG PET; meta-analysis; carcinoma of unknown primary syndrome The incidence of unknown...
August 1, 2003; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

8. PET and Cervical Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Tumor
...the technique in identifying unknown primary tumors in patients with biopsy-prov...cervical lymph node metastases of unknown primary tumors who underwent staging...patients with cervical cancers of unknown primary tumors, the data in this study...
July 1, 2005; The Journal of Nuclear Medicine

9. Agendia Obtains Exclusive European Rights to Arcturus Bioscience's TUO-gene Expression Profile; CupPrint(TM): Agendia's New Diagnostic Service for Identifying the Primary Tumor in Patients Diagnosed With Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP).
...used with patients diagnosed with Cancer Unknown Primary. Financial details of the agreement were...in San Diego, California USA. Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP), also known as UPT (Unknown Primary Tumor) or TUO (Tumor of Unknown Origin...
February 2, 2005; PR Newswire

10. Rosetta Genomics Announces First Source for Clinical Validation of its Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) Diagnostic Test.
...the clinical validation for our cancer of unknown primary diagnostic test, said Amir Avniel, President...to identify their origin. About Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) - In 3 to 5 of new cancer cases, the...
May 1, 2007; PR Newswire