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My 31 yr old daughter just diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma from a liver biopsy. can this be a primary cancer & how find primary if not?
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The most likely: Answer is metastatic disease with colon as the primary. The next test would likely be a colonoscopy.
Answered 12/9/2013
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