Comprehensive treatments for visceral metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary site (VMCUP) including surgery and chemotherapy significantly improved patients’ overall survival time. Patients treated mainly by surgery lived longer than those treated by chemotherapy alone. More chemotherapy cycles resulted in longer survival time for patients only receiving chemotherapy. For the first time, this study identified paclitaxel plus fluorouracil as more effective first-line chemotherapy drugs than 5-fluorouracil in treating VMCUP.

Compelling evidence proves that bronchial smooth muscle mass significantly increases in asthmatics, and chronic formoterol administration induces impaired bronchoprotection. No significant difference was detected in increased smooth muscle mass, implying that some other molecular mechanisms might be involved.

A five-year retrospective study of cancer occurrence in Antigua/Barbuda revealed that the dominant cancers in this population were breast and cervix uteri in women, and prostate in men.