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Hi I am a 60 year old female. Liver Lesion found during ultrasound scan in March this year. Scan showed stage 3 cancer in right groin lymph node- no primary found - CUP Diagnosis 5th August 2022. I felt well and all of my blood tests were normal - problems...
Hi everyone, I have recently been diagnosed with Carcinoma Unknown, CUP. The next step is a neck dissection with the hope that the tumour/cancer cells on the right side of my neck can identify where the primary cancer is. I may need a second operation...
Hello, my husband was recently in his 4th year remission from stage 3c testicular cancer. A recent check up and tests show Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary. Has anyone had experience with this? mom so scared of all the reading I do on CUP
Hi all. I am 24 and my dad is 52. He has been poorly for 2 years, has undergone numerous tests and been fobbed off by doctors for the whole length of time. Long story short, he has 48 hours ago told me he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, has max...
New to this group , my husband has had chemo and radiotherapy on his neck for cancer unknown primary, he’s back on the hospital run again after they found some spots on his spine he has had a biopsy and we are awaiting the results to see if he needs...
We only found out three weeks ago that my husband has CUP. No idea where the primary is after extensive testing? He originally went into hospital with acute pneumonia which is when they found the cancer cells within the aspirated fluid from the pericardial...
the last month has been a whirlwind. The chemo hasn’t been working, CT showed further advances. Team told me treatment was stopping and no more treatment offered as in this is your death sentence. I’m a 46 year old working mum. They said the tumour in...
Hi, I'm new to all this. We thought my partner had Lymphoma but were told yesterday it is CUP and he has secondary in lots of areas. We are waiting for CUP Nurse to get in contact which will be tomorrow or Friday. No idea what to expect in terms of...
On Christmas day my mum found 2 lumps on her body, a few weeks later another one appeared. A month later she was diagnosed with cancer. She has cancer of unknown primary, they don't know where her cancer has started, so this is incurable. She is...
Brief synopsis Diagnosis CUP October 2020. SCC in lymph nodes neck and abdomen. Six months chemo treatment. Remission achieved by March 2021. January 2022 scans showed enlargement of lymph nodes again. No organs involved. Just completed another six...
