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*[[Neuroendocrine markers]] +ve - confirm the diagnosis. | *[[Neuroendocrine markers]] +ve - confirm the diagnosis. | ||
*Not particularity useful for determination of the primary site.<ref name=pmid17270664>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lobins | first1 = R. | last2 = Floyd | first2 = J. | title = Small cell carcinoma of unknown primary. | journal = Semin Oncol | volume = 34 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-42 | month = Feb | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.10.027 | PMID = 17270664 }}</ref> | *Not particularity useful for determination of the primary site.<ref name=pmid17270664>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lobins | first1 = R. | last2 = Floyd | first2 = J. | title = Small cell carcinoma of unknown primary. | journal = Semin Oncol | volume = 34 | issue = 1 | pages = 39-42 | month = Feb | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.10.027 | PMID = 17270664 }}</ref> ‡ | ||
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*‡ A CT chest should be done to assess for a lung tumour; fortunately, lung small cell carcinoma and extrapulmonary small cell cancer are treated similarily.<ref name=pmid20052730>{{Cite journal | last1 = Brennan | first1 = SM. | last2 = Gregory | first2 = DL. | last3 = Stillie | first3 = A. | last4 = Herschtal | first4 = A. | last5 = Mac Manus | first5 = M. | last6 = Ball | first6 = DL. | title = Should extrapulmonary small cell cancer be managed like small cell lung cancer? | journal = Cancer | volume = 116 | issue = 4 | pages = 888-95 | month = Feb | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1002/cncr.24858 | PMID = 20052730 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||