Question Checklist

When you are first told you have cancer, and especially C.U.P., it is really overwhelming – a rollercoaster of emotions begin.  Below are some questions that you may want to ask your doctor to help you better understand C.U.P.

• What kind of CUP do I have? 

• Where are the secondaries?

• What tests do you recommend and why? 

• How invasive will the tests be? What difference will these tests make?

• What happens if you can’t find out where the cancer originated from?

• How will this affect my treatment?

• What treatment do you recommend and why?

• What will treatment involve?

• How much will treatment cost?

• What are the likely side effects of treatment?

• What can I do to help reduce the side effects I may have from treatment?

• If you find out where the primary cancer is, will my treatment change?

• What will happen if I don’t have treatment?

• Are there any clinical trials I should think about taking part in?

• What are the chances that the cancer will come back if initial treatment seems to be successful? What will happen then?