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Table 3 Numbers of metastasis samples that resemble the cancer of target tissue more than the target tissue, and vice versa, sorted per original cancer

From: Classification of unknown primary tumors with a data-driven method based on a large microarray reference database

Original cancer

Resembles target tissue more

Resembles cancer of target tissue more

B-cell lymphoma

1

5

Bladder cancer

2

7

Breast ductal cancer

1

6

Colorectal carcinoma

1

4

Gastric adenocarcinoma

0

9

Liver cancer

1

1

Lung adenocarcinoma

3

4

Lung, squamous cell carcinoma

0

2

Melanoma

0

9

Ovarian, endometrioid carcinoma

0

1

Ovarian, serous carcinoma

1

1

Pancreatic cancer

1

1

Prostate adenocarcinoma

1

2

Renal cancer

2

8

Testis, non-seminoma

1

1

Testis, seminoma

1

0

Thyroid cancer

5

1

Total

21

62