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==Overview==
==Overview==


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A [[chest x-ray]] is a prerequisite in the [[diagnosis]] of cancer of unknown primary; however, it's value is of less significance when it comes to locating the primary tumor or differentiating it from a [[Metastatic|metastatic lesion]].


==Electrocardiogram==
== X-ray ==
 
*A [[chest x-ray]] is a prerequisite in the [[diagnosis]] of cancer of unknown primary; however, it's value is of less significance when it comes to locating the primary tumor or differentiating it from a [[Metastatic|metastatic lesion]].<ref name="pmid758556">{{cite journal| author=Nystrom JS, Weiner JM, Wolf RM, Bateman JR, Viola MV| title=Identifying the primary site in metastatic cancer of unknown origin. Inadequacy of roentgenographic procedures. | journal=JAMA | year= 1979 | volume= 241 | issue= 4 | pages= 381-3 | pmid=758556 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=758556  }} </ref>
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*A [[mammography]] may be helpful in the identification of the primary origin of the tumor in women presenting with [[metastatic]] [[adenocarcinoma]].<ref name="pmid7636553">{{cite journal| author=Abbruzzese JL, Abbruzzese MC, Lenzi R, Hess KR, Raber MN| title=Analysis of a diagnostic strategy for patients with suspected tumors of unknown origin. | journal=J Clin Oncol | year= 1995 | volume= 13 | issue= 8 | pages= 2094-103 | pmid=7636553 | doi=10.1200/JCO.1995.13.8.2094 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=7636553  }} </ref>
 
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==References==
==References==

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A chest x-ray is a prerequisite in the diagnosis of cancer of unknown primary; however, it's value is of less significance when it comes to locating the primary tumor or differentiating it from a metastatic lesion.

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References

  1. Nystrom JS, Weiner JM, Wolf RM, Bateman JR, Viola MV (1979). "Identifying the primary site in metastatic cancer of unknown origin. Inadequacy of roentgenographic procedures". JAMA. 241 (4): 381–3. PMID 758556.
  2. Abbruzzese JL, Abbruzzese MC, Lenzi R, Hess KR, Raber MN (1995). "Analysis of a diagnostic strategy for patients with suspected tumors of unknown origin". J Clin Oncol. 13 (8): 2094–103. doi:10.1200/JCO.1995.13.8.2094. PMID 7636553.

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