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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Occult Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Bone-Predominant Carcinoma of Unknown Primary: A Case Report of a p40-Negative Vertebral Metastasis.

Hassan Brim, Wardah Bajwa, Anas Brim, Farshad Aduli, Amro AbdelLatief, Rabia Zafar, Adeyinka O Laiyemo, Hassan Ashktorab

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Hassan BrimDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Wardah BajwaDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Anas BrimDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Farshad AduliDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Amro AbdelLatiefDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Rabia ZafarDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Adeyinka O LaiyemoDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.
Hassan AshktorabDepartment of Medicine, GI Division, Cancer Center, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC 20060, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4048-4666

Funding

Inactivation of MSH3 in Colorectal Cancer and RaceR01CA258519 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ASHKTORAB, HASSAN, CARETHERS, JOHN M · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA258519NCI NIH HHS R01CA258519
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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bone biopsybone metastasiscarcinoma of unknown primarydiagnostic pitfallsesophageal squamous cell carcinomaimmunohistochemistryp40-negative staining

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PMID42651078
PMCPMC13512739

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