Structured Summary
Abstract
Metastases in which the tissue of origin is unknown.
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Synonyms
19 entry terms
- Neoplasms, Occult Primary
- Neoplasms, Unknown Primary
- Occult Primary Neoplasms
- Neoplasm, Occult Primary
- Neoplasm, Unknown Primary
- Occult Primary Neoplasm
- Primary Neoplasm, Occult
- Primary Neoplasm, Unknown
- Primary Neoplasms, Occult
- Primary Neoplasms, Unknown
- Unknown Primary Neoplasm
- Neoplasm Metastasis, Unknown Primary
- Unknown Primary Neoplasm Metastasis
- Unknown Primary Tumors
- Primary Tumor, Unknown
- Primary Tumors, Unknown
- Tumor, Unknown Primary
- Tumors, Unknown Primary
- Unknown Primary Tumor
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38 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
IM; do not use /second; coord IM with organ/neopl term with /second (IM) + histol type /second (IM); Manual 24.4.1.8
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NLM Classification
QZ 202
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Unknown Primary Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009382. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009382
- Unknown Primary Neoplasms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_of_unknown_primary_origin
- Unknown Primary Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1024546