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Table 1 Causes of death (from the Swedish cause of death registry) in patients with CUP (adenocarcinoma and undifferentiated cancer) depending on site in the Swedish cancer register

From: Causes of death in patients with extranodal cancer of unknown primary: searching for the primary site

 

Location of CUP

Cause of death

Liver

Peritoneum

Respiratory system

Bone

Pelvis

Nervous system

Other specified

C80/199

All

Lung

189

8%

29

1%

558

53%

217

47%

3

1%

194

69%

184

27%

934

24%

2308

20%

Pancreas

551

22%

371

16%

31

3%

19

4%

4

1%

2

1%

66

10%

523

13%

1567

14%

Ovaries

25

1%

765

32%

33

3%

1

0%

160

47%

0

0%

34

5%

284

7%

1302

11%

Colorectum

330

13%

291

12%

17

2%

17

4%

26

8%

9

3%

82

12%

362

9%

1134

10%

Liver

649

26%

56

2%

13

1%

14

3%

2

1%

0

0%

10

1%

353

9%

1097

9%

Biliary system

310

13%

161

7%

7

1%

5

1%

0

0

0

0%

31

5%

285

7%

799

7%

Ill-defined gastro-intestinal

202

8%

154

6%

13

1%

12

3%

4

1%

1

0%

33

5%

219

6%

638

6%

Mediastinum

1

0%

13

1%

272

26%

3

1%

1

0%

4

1%

10

1%

114

3%

418

4%

Urinary system

28

1%

27

1%

22

2%

60

13%

12

4%

13

5%

51

7%

139

4%

352

3%

Stomach

50

2%

120

5%

12

1%

4

1%

3

1%

2

1%

38

6%

94

2%

323

3%

Peritoneum

5

0%

160

7%

5

0%

0

0%

10

3%

0

0%

6

1%

76

2%

262

2%

Breast

16

1%

6

0%

11

1%

24

5%

1

0%

3

1%

33

5%

70

2%

164

1%

Prostate

3

0%

4

0%

2

0%

34

7%

4

1%

6

2%

11

2%

76

2%

140

1%

Other cancer

100

4%

223

9%

58

6%

52

11%

108

32%

48

17%

92

14%

363

9%

1044

9%

Any specified cancer

2459

100%

2380

100%

1054

100%

462

100%

338

100%

282

100%

681

100%

3892

100%

11548

100%

CUP C80

1456

 

1456

 

313

 

398

 

122

 

106

 

287

 

2110

 

6248

 

Non-cancer

175

 

175

 

122

 

85

 

41

 

32

 

107

 

557

 

1294

 

Total

4090

 

4011

 

1489

 

945

 

501

 

420

 

1075

 

6559

 

18330

 
  1. CUP = Cancer of unknown primary. C80/199 = CUP with unspecified location. The most common cause of death is bolded.