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Neoplasms, Unknown Primary

Known as: cancer of unknown primary origin, Cancer of Unknown Primary Site, Primary Neoplasm, Occult 
Cancer in which the site of the primary (original) tumor cannot be found. Most metastases from occult primary tumors are found in the head and neck.
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Successful heterotransplantation of 6 out of 9 consecutively transplanted adenocarcinomas of the human colon and rectum to the… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Sixty-eight primary head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and nine head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines were… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The expression of lactoside‐binding lectin L‐31 was analyzed in normal mucosa and in primary and metastatic gastric carcinomas… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The gene encoding a novel protein designated nm23-H1, which was recently identified as identical to the A subunit of nucleotide… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The in-hospital prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by primary ventricular fibrillation has not… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979