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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
The exact pathogenesis of cancer of unknown primary origin is not fully understood.
Pathophysiology
Physiology
The normal physiology of [name of process] can be understood as follows:
Pathogenesis
- The exact pathogenesis of cancer of unknown primary origin is not fully understood.
- Cancer of unknown primary, like other cancers, arises from one cell that has managed to escape regulation and produces a tumor at a certain site (the site of origin) and consequently metastasizes to other parts of the body.
- It is thought that the site of origin of CUP remains unknown due to one of the following theories:[1]
- Remaining small and undetectable clinically
- Disappearing after metastasizing
- Elimination by body's defense
- It remains unknown whether cancers of unknown primaries are genetically or phenotypically distinct from metastasis with known origins.[1]