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A case of lung and mediastinal and hilar lymph node metastasis in a patient with cancer of unknown primary site

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We thank Joe Barber Jr., PhD, from Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kasumigaura Medical Center, 2-7-14 Shimotakatsu, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, 300-8585, Japan

    Shun-Kai Chang, Satoshi Ano, Norihiro Kikuchi, Michiko Masuda, Hajime Osawa & Yukio Ishii

  2. Department of Diagnostic Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kasumigaura Medical Center, Tsuchiura, Japan

    Yuzuru Kondo

  3. Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

    Yukio Ishii

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S-KC, SA, NK, MM, and HO collected the data. S-KC and SA analyzed the data. S-KC and SA prepared the manuscript. YK diagnosed and prepared the pathological images. YI supervised and validated this study. All authors approved the final version for submission.

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Chang, SK., Ano, S., Kikuchi, N. et al. A case of lung and mediastinal and hilar lymph node metastasis in a patient with cancer of unknown primary site. Clin Exp Metastasis 39, 259–261 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10585-021-10134-7

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