Neoplasms, Unknown Primary
"Neoplasms, Unknown Primary" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Metastases in which the tissue of origin is unknown.
| Descriptor ID |
D009382
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.697.650.895 C23.550.727.650.895
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| Concept/Terms |
Neoplasms, Unknown Primary- Neoplasms, Unknown Primary
- Occult Primary Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Occult Primary
- Neoplasm, Occult Primary
- Occult Primary Neoplasm
- Primary Neoplasm, Occult
- Primary Neoplasms, Occult
- Unknown Primary Neoplasms
- Neoplasm, Unknown Primary
- Primary Neoplasm, Unknown
- Primary Neoplasms, Unknown
- Unknown Primary Neoplasm
Unknown Primary Tumors- Unknown Primary Tumors
- Primary Tumor, Unknown
- Primary Tumors, Unknown
- Tumor, Unknown Primary
- Tumors, Unknown Primary
- Unknown Primary Tumor
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neoplasms, Unknown Primary" by people in Profiles.
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Improved prognosis and evidence of enhanced immunogenicity in tumor and circulation of high-risk melanoma patients with unknown primary. J Immunother Cancer. 2022 01; 10(1).
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Cancer of unknown primary stem-like cells model multi-organ metastasis and unveil liability to MEK inhibition. Nat Commun. 2021 05 03; 12(1):2498.
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TORS elective lingual tonsillectomy has less acute morbidity than therapeutic base of tongue TORS. Oral Oncol. 2021 06; 117:105294.
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Characterizing postoperative physiologic swallow function following transoral robotic surgery for early stage tonsil, base of tongue, and unknown primary human papillomavirus-associated squamous cell carcinoma. Head Neck. 2021 05; 43(5):1629-1640.
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Narrowband Imaging for p16+ Unknown Primary Squamous Cell Carcinoma Prior to Transoral Robotic Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 12; 163(6):1198-1201.
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Sarcomatoid carcinoma presenting as cancers of unknown primary: a clinicopathological portrait. BMC Cancer. 2019 Oct 17; 19(1):965.
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Outcomes of patients diagnosed with carcinoma metastatic to the neck from an unknown primary source and treated with intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Cancer. 2018 04 01; 124(7):1415-1427.
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A multiplexed marker-based algorithm for diagnosis of carcinoma of unknown primary using circulating tumor cells. Oncotarget. 2016 Jan 26; 7(4):3662-76.
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Cost-effectiveness of transoral robotic surgery in the unknown primary: the problem of extended dominance. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Dec; 151(6):1093.
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The added value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography in patients with neck lymph node metastases from an unknown primary malignancy. J Laryngol Otol. 2013 Aug; 127(8):780-7.