title: [Metastatic tumors of unknown origin: when can intervention be justified?].
abstract: Cancer of unknown primary site is a common clinical entity, accounting for 5% of all cancer patients. The diagnostic evaluation of these patients must permit to exclude treatable tumors. We reviewed the charts of 85 patients admitted with this diagnostic. We propose an algorithm for investigation of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie générale, CHUV, Lausanne.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gervaz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Givel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009382:Neoplasms, Unknown Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011379:Prognosis