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Cancers of Unknown Origin

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Cancer of unknown origin (CUO) syndrome, also known as carcinoma of unknown primary (CUP), is when a histologically proved metastasis is detected, without evidence of the primary tumor after a conventional imaging workup.

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  1. Metropolitan Nuclear Medicine of Bologna, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Stefano Fanti

  2. Nuclear Medicine Department, Central Hospital Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Mohsen Farsad

  3. Section Health and Development, Interuniversity Research Center for Sustainability (CIRPS), Naples, Italy

    Luigi Mansi

  4. Metropolitan Nuclear Medicine, AOU S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Castellucci

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Fanti, S., Farsad, M., Mansi, L., Castellucci, P. (2018). Cancers of Unknown Origin. In: Atlas of PET-CT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57742-4_13

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