Treatments for cancer of unknown primary
Your healthcare team will create a treatment plan just for you. The plan is based on your health and specific information about the cancer. What you want is also important when planning treatment. When deciding which treatments to offer for cancer of unknown primary (CUP), your healthcare team will consider:
- where and how many different places cancer is found
- where the cancer may have started (called the primary site)
- the type of CUP
- your overall health
- how well your body can cope with certain treatments and their side effects
-
your
performance status - what you prefer or want
Treatments by where cancer of unknown primary is found and where it may have started
Treatments for extragonadal germ cell tumours of unknown primary
Treatments for neuroendocrine carcinoma of unknown primary
Treatments for melanoma of unknown primary
Treatments for undifferentiated carcinoma of unknown primary
Chemotherapy for cancer of unknown primary
Surgery for cancer of unknown primary
Radiation therapy for cancer of unknown primary
Hormone therapy for cancer of unknown primary
Targeted therapy for cancer of unknown primary
Follow-up after treatment for cancer of unknown primary
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