Diagnostic strategies for unknown primary cancer.

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Published in Cancer on May 01, 2004

Authors

Gauri R Varadhachary1, James L Abbruzzese, Renato Lenzi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030-4009, USA. gvaradha@mdanderson.org

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