Searching for the Culprit: Metastases from a Cancer of Unknown Primary
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18F-FDG PET/CT for detection of the primary tumor in adults with extracervical metastases from cancer of unknown primary
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1662-6575
DOI: 10.1159/000491600