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Basic knowledge of cancer includes information about its causes, process, symptoms and types. Other important issues are methods of cancer diagnosis, including biopsy. Cancer treatment may vary depending on the type and stage. Carcinoma of unknown primary site (CUPS) is a term given to cancers of uncertain origin that have spread to one or more sites.

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