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Predictors of care for patients with cancer of unknown primary site in three Australian hospitals.

Simon Y S TanSiobhan O'NeillDavid GoldsteinRobyn L WardBenjamin DanielsClaire M Vajdic
Published in: Asia-Pacific journal of clinical oncology (2017)
The determinants of care were generally consistent with international CUP clinical guidelines. Areas of future research include potential underinvestigation and undertreatment of older patients, overuse of certain low-value diagnostic tests, suboptimal use of immunohistochemistry and mammography and underreferral to palliative care.
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