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Pitfalls in the diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma
Author(s) -
MacKman Sanford,
Korbitz Bernard C.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930030406
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , metastatic carcinoma , carcinoma , general surgery , radiology , pathology
Case histories that are presented were indirect diagnostic studies that suggested that the patients had disseminated carcinoma, where, in actuality, they either had no malignancy or localized and still apparently curable malignancies. If these studies had not been questioned, these patients could have been treated incorrectly with palliative measures.