Cancer of the unknown primary survivor: Why I joined a clinical trial at MD Anderson
In March 2015, I was diagnosed with cancer of the unknown primary (CUP). That means the original cancer site could not be identified.
I still don’t know where my cancer originated. But when two years of radiation therapy and chemotherapy didn’t get rid of it, I knew I needed a new plan.
There is very little information online about cancer of the unknown primary, and my local doctors couldn’t find any new treatments to offer...