Skip to main content

Table 2 Causes of death (from the Swedish cause of death registry) in patients with CUP (Squamous cell cancer) in the Swedish cancer registry

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

 

Site of CUP

Cause of death

Head

Respiratory system

Liver

Peritoneum

Bone

Pelvis

Nervous system

Other specified

199/C80

All

Lung

8

24%

37

62%

11

29%

2

9%

17

77%

0

0%

19

90%

15

38%

91

48%

200

45%

Upper aerodigestive

11

32%

1

2%

1

3%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

4

10%

15

8%

32

7%

Mediastinum

0

0%

16

27%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

7

4%

23

5%

Urinary system

1

3%

0

0%

0

0%

2

9%

1

5%

5

31%

0

0%

4

10%

9

5%

22

5%

Skin

5

15%

0

0%

1

3%

0

0%

3

14%

0

0%

0

0%

3

8%

7

4%

19

4%

Oesophagus

1

3%

2

3%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

1

5%

3

8%

10

5%

17

4%

Liver

0

0%

1

2%

10

26%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

6

3%

17

4%

Pancreas

0

0%

1

2%

5

13%

3

13%

1

5%

0

0%

0

0%

1

3%

4

2%

15

3%

Biliary system

0

0%

0

0%

6

16%

2

9%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

5

3%

13

3%

Other cancer

8

24%

2

3%

4

11%

14

61%

0

0%

11

69%

1

5%

10

25%

34

18%

84

19%

Any specified cancer

34

100%

60

100%

38

100%

23

100%

22

100%

16

100%

21

100%

40

100%

188

100%

442

100%

CUP C80

24

 

10

 

27

 

23

 

15

 

13

 

6

 

17

 

77

 

212

 

Non-cancer

21

 

7

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

5

 

3

 

8

 

69

 

119

 

Total

80

 

77

 

66

 

48

 

40

 

34

 

30

 

65

 

334

 

773

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