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Treatment of Childhood Cancer of Unknown Primary

Source: Childhood Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: August 13, 2024 · Captured 2026-09-09.

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Chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and radiation therapy may be used to treat childhood cancers of unknown primary sites. The appropriate and relevant treatments, according to the general category of carcinoma or sarcoma (depending on the histological findings, symptoms, and extent of tumor), are initiated as early as possible.[1]

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