Inclusion and exclusion criteria for referrals to malignancy of undefined primary origin/carcinoma of unknown primary service
| Inclusion | Exclusion |
|---|---|
| Patients with metastatic cancers that do not have an immediately identifiable primary site. This includes newly diagnosed patients with suspect cancer as well as patients with a previously known cancer background. | Cancers where the primary site is clearly demonstrated on scans and/or histopathological diagnosis. These patients should be referred urgently to site-specific multidisciplinary team meetings and/or acute oncology service. |
| Referring patients should have had at least a minimum set of investigations to suggest a cancer diagnosis including scans (X-ray/computed tomography of the chest, abdomen and pelvis/magnetic resonance imaging/ultrasound) and/or biopsy/cytology. | Patients identified to have haematological (eg lymphoma, leukaemia or myeloma) or non-epithelial malignancy (eg sarcoma, germ cell tumour or primary brain tumour). These patients should be referred to appropriate specialties. |
| Patients who have been informed about their cancer diagnosis. |